The New Indian Express

With the increasing number of farmer deaths due to pesticide poisoning, the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has notified Pesticides (Prohibition) Order, 2018 under which use of 18 pesticides will be banned. Of the total 18, 11 pesticides are banned with immediate effect and six will face the axe from December, 2020 and one pesticide Trifluralin, which is widely used as herbicide, is allowed only in wheat.

The Times of India

Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) and Perambalur Farmers’ Training Centre have sent 20 sugarcane farmers from fourd elta districts of Tamil Nadu to study sugarcane practices in Maharashtra. The sugarcane farmers, sent for study tour identified by sugar mills based on the yield achieved in their fields, will be studying the advancements in cultivation and irrigation management in growing sugarcane.

The Economic Times

The southwest monsoon has entered a vigorous phase, soaking dry fields in central and western India and filling up depleted reservoirs, but unrelenting showers have swamped farms and plantations in the south and may cause yet more damage in other regions in the next two weeks.

Moneycontrol

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma today said the state has huge potential for development in the fields of agriculture, tourism, education and urged the people to protect the environment.Development of agriculture would provide employment opportunities to people, help in providing food security for the state, and enhance the economy of the farmers, Sangma said while unfurling the national flag at the Polo Ground here on the occasion of the 72nd Independence Day.

The Hindu Business Line

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said a new agriculture export policy will be unveiled soon to boost farm income as the government is on track to achieve the target of doubling farmers’ income by 2022.Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of 72nd Independence Day, Modi spelt out pro-farm measures taken during four years of his government, the cornerstone being the bold move to fix the minimum support price (MSP) of crops at least 1.5 times of the cost of production.

The Tribune

Aiming at checking stubble burning meance in the state, the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, inked a memorandum of agreement (MoAs) with five companies.Dr Navtej Singh Bains, Director of Research, PAU, signed the pact on behalf of the varsity with KS Matharu Agriculture Works, Hathur, Bathinda, Jassa Singh and Company, GehriMandi, Amritsar, KR Agriculture Works, Handiaya Road, Barnala, Punjab Workshop, Nidhanwala, Moga, and Ladal Agricultural Works, Bareta, Mansa, for commercialisation of the PAU Super Straw Management System (SMS) technology.