Media Monitor
| Category | Stories |
|---|---|
| Agriculture Industry | 52 |
| Budget | 2 |
| CLAAS Mentions | 2 |
| Competition | 11 |
| Dairy Farming | 11 |
| Technology in Agriculture | 5 |
| Govt. Policies | 9 |
| Stubble Burning | 24 |
| Uncategorized | 6 |
Agriculture Industry
Stubble burning hazard for Odisha’s Koraputedit
The New Indian Express – Online
With farmers increasingly resorting to the hazardous practice, environmentalists have sought intervention of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board to take immediate action.
Worry over power tariff hikeedit
The Telegraph – Online
APDCL proposed to hike electricity tariff on fixed charge and energy charge. There are separate categories for tea, coffee and rubber. The tariff of the tea category is third-highest after oil and coal sectors.
Punjab, Himachal buck the trend in tractor salesedit
The Tribune – Online
Although tractor sales in the domestic market were marred by slowdown, uneven rain and lack of financing options, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are among the five states which witnessed increase in tractor sales.
CM for promotion of pulpwood industriesedit
The Times of India – Online
“We should promote paper industry in the state in view of its increasing utility, … Several objectives of the Hariyali Mission and the agriculture road map will be fulfilled.”
How technology and algorithms transform the agri-tech industry in Indiaedit
CNBC TV 18 – Online
Agri-tech in simple terms is defined by the application of technology across the agriculture value chain to increase productivity, efficiency, and output.
Depressing trendedit
Another year passes by. While there were a lot of expectations for a better future for farmers, but as 2019 fades into history, the farming community is still grappling to recover the cost of cultivation. With prices dropping across the spectrum, barring a few crops where assured procurement takes place, farmers incurred massive losses. With agriculture is crisis, the farm labour too had to bear the brunt. Farm wages had prevailed at a five-year low.
Gujarat claims locust attack under control, assures compensation to farmersedit
Gujarat has claimed that it has been able to bring the locusts swarm attack under control barring a couple of isolated locations.
On a war footing now, the state government has deployed 100 tractor-mounted pesticide sprayer teams along with 16 from the Central government to tackle the locust menace, according to Punamchand Parmar, additional chief secretary for Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Cooperation Department, Government of Gujarat. He claimed the operation was “overall successful”.
After Massive Pest Control Operation, Locust Menace in North Gujarat Under Control: State Govtedit
Much of the locust swarm which invaded north Gujarat’s Banaskantha district has been destroyed by spraying 4,900 litres of pesticides over 5,000 hectares of area, the state government said on Saturday. The few remaining locusts have migrated to Jalore district of Rajasthan, an official said.
Edible Oil Prices set to Surge after Onions and Garlicedit
Edible oil prices set to surge after onions and Garlic. Untimely rains led to damage of many kharif crops including oil seeds. India imports a major chunk of palm oil to meet edible oil consumption of the country. Recently, prices of palm oil increased internationally. The increase in prices of palm oil and high import duty set to increase prices across India.
Oilseed farmers apprehensive of import duty cutedit
Apprehensive of the possible reduction in the import duty on crude palm oil to 30% from the existing 40%, the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India has said that any such decision would hurt the oilseed farmers and has appealed to the Centre not to go ahead with the reduction.
Cotton farmers to end year on a happy noteedit
Cotton farmers in Telangana, especially in former composite Adilabad district, will end the year on a happy note thanks to the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) dominating trading across the State with its minimum support price (MSP) operations, the MSP being ₹ 5,550 for long staple variety. The Corporation has purchased over 85 per cent of arrivals in Adilabad, Mahabubnagar and Warangal agriculture market yards to emerge on top of all CCI State units in the country.x
UP logs 80% upswing in paddy procurement at 4 mn tonnes this Kharif seasonedit
The Uttar Pradesh government has logged an 80 per cent year-on-year growth in paddy procurement in the current kharif marketing season with the state agencies procuring almost 4 million tonnes (MT) so far.
The paddy procurement in the corresponding period last year stood at roughly 2.2 MT compared to 4 MT this season, an upswing of 80 per cent.
Balers Market To Witness Robust Expansion Throughout The Forecast Period 2019 – 2025edit
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TOP AI-POWERED PROJECTS IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE SECTOR: 2019edit
Being one of the oldest sectors and the backbone of the country, developing the Agriculture industry has been a huge concern for the Indian government. A lot of factors such as climate change, population growth, and food security concerns, have driven the sector to seek more innovative approaches to improve crop yielding and get better farming results. Artificial intelligence (AI) being a game-changer in other industries, the Indian government has realised the importance and started to leverage this technology in developing the sector.
Wants to discontinue fertiliser subsidy, push organic farming: Gujarat Ministeredit
Raising concerns over chemical fertilisers and pesticides adversely affecting the health of people and fertility of agricultural land, Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Cooperation Minister Ranchhod Faldu on Tuesday said that the state government wants to discontinue the subsidy for chemical fertilisers and that farmers should take up organic farming.
Climate Change, Farm Crisis, Unemployment: 2019 In Five Chartsedit
This was an important year for data, with the release of long-pending statistics on unemployment, crimes in India and farmer suicides. Data long withheld, when released, showed joblessness at a 45-year high of 6.1 percent; that 11,379 people engaged in farming had committed suicide in 2016; and that cases of crime against women had increased by 9 percent from 2015 to 2017. Meanwhile, climate data
PM urges farmers to use crops which consume less wateredit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while launching ‘Atal Bhujal scheme’ on Wednesday, appealed to the farmers to use technology which helps prevent wastage of water in Agriculture. Modi urged the farmers to grow the crops which consume less water.
Future of maize: Introduce hybrid varietiesedit
A recently released statistical information by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) shows that maize is grown on 954,000 hectares (25% of the total area of cereals), which was 758,000 ha in 1985.
In three decades of efforts, productivity has increased by around 1% every year. However, the overall demand for maize is expected to grow by 4-6% every year for the next 20 years. The major hindrance to growing more is an inefficient production system.Maize is being used for feed, food, fuel and fibre. The increasing demand for maize comes from the growing need for poultry feed. Some 80% of maize consumption in Nepal is due to poultry and animal feed. The ...
Agriculture under an invisible emergencyedit
In 2019, three weeks after the kharif harvesting season began, reports emerged that farmers are selling their produce at a price way below the minimum support price (MSP) announced by the government. Except for a few crops like paddy and maize, market prices for most of the 14 kharif crops, including moong, urad, tur, nigerseeds, bajra, jowar, ragi, cotton, soya bean and sunflower, dropped 8-37 per cent below MSP.
A year of hits and misses: Indian agriculture in 2019edit
The growth rate and gross value added (GVA) by agriculture and allied sectors had improved from a negative 0.2% in 2015 to 6.3% in 2017, only to slow down to 2.9% in 2019 as per the Economic Survey 2019. While the crop sub-sector witnessed negative growth, fisheries and aquaculture, and livestock, grew steadily over the past few years. In terms of value, exports of agricultural commodities and processed food increased by 7% in 2019 to ₹1.28 lakh crore from ₹1.20 lakh crore in the 2017-18.
Self-driving tractors: Next big thing in agricultureedit
If the change from manual or animal assisted agricultural operations to tractors, was a revolution, another huge change is in the offing. Farmers will soon be able to till the soil, sow seeds and harvest crops, using a driver-less tractor.
Indian companies are among the world’s early movers in developing a driverless tractor. The Mahindra group unveiled its version last year. The farmer can sit in the shade, and control the tractor and its tilling pattern, from a tablet computer. He can also set a geo-fence using GPS so that the tractor does not stray into an adjoining field. And if an obstacle like a cow comes in the path, it is intelligent enough to avoid it! Another Indian ...
Indian agriculture is under an invisible emergencyedit
In 2019, three weeks after the kharif harvesting season began, reports emerged that farmers are selling their produce at a price way below the minimum support price (MSP) announced by the government. Except for a few crops like paddy and maize, market prices for most of the 14 kharif crops, including moong, urad, tur, nigerseeds, bajra, jowar, ragi, cotton, soya bean and sunflower, dropped 8-37 per cent below MSP.
While farmers incurred massive losses, the news did not trigger much outrage among the middle class. The reason is simple: If food prices remain low, household budget remains intact. In fact, the government got a pat on the back for keeping food inflation under control, and nobody really bothered to know what ...
Look back at the decade: Agrarian distressedit
By 2010, India was feted globally to tide over the economic recession of 2008 smoothly. At the core of this achievement was retaining demands for consumption that sustained economic growth. A Majority of these consumers are in rural India and most of them also depend on agriculture. This showed the criticality of rural India to the national economy.
But, from the middle of the decade a deep agrarian crisis set in. It pushed some 440 million Indians into an economic abyss. This decade would be remembered for the meltdown of the rural economy while the formal economy as well floundered. India is about to enter into a critical phase.
‘Scientific tools need of the hour for smart farming’edit
With he demand for food grains in India projected to be around 405 million tonne per annum by 2050, scientific tools and technologies should be employed for smart farming to boost production and minimise post harvest losses, said former Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Vice-Chancellor of Central Agricultural University, Imphal Prof S Ayyappan. Speaking at the 38th convocation of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) here on Saturday Prof Ayyappan said, “India being one of the largest agriculture economy has achieved the highest ever food grain production of over 288 million tonnes.
Amount owed by insurers to farmers at all-time highedit
When the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the country’s flagship crop insurance scheme was launched in June 2016, the idea was to replace complicated, multiple insurance schemes running simultaneously with one simple plan for the whole country. Any farmer with a crop loan gets enrolled automatically and pays between 1.5% and 2% of the premium, while the rest is shared 50:50 by the Centre and states.
Free Farmers: Make agriculture the engine of growthedit
Pulling farming community out of distress is eminently essential for pulling the Indian economy out of deep recession. The crisis in agriculture has continued for an inordinate long period and it needs massive political will on the part of the government to implement solutions which organisations like All India Kisan Sabha and other farmers’ organisations have submitted to the successive governments umpteen number of times. The foremost of these is ensuring adequate income to farmer families and augment their purchasing power. That will create a huge market for industrial production which in turn will give an impetus to economic growth. Agricultural growth rate has been slipping consistently and has gone down to 2.6 per cent, the ...
Non-paddy kharif crops a respite for Punjab’s farmersedit
After a season where paddy stubble burning dominated headlines, farmers have something to cheer. The per acre yield and price of kharif crops — potato, maize, cotton and basmati — has gone up, benefitting growers. There has been an increase in area under cultivation of these crops over last season with basmati grown at 6.3 lakh hectare from 5.1 lakh hectare (around 25% increase); maize to 1.6 lakh hectare from 1.1 lakh hectare (30%), and cotton to 3.9 lakh hectare from 2.7 lakh hectare (45%).
India exports vegetables to Dubaiedit
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) in its endeavour to promote exports from agriculture produce rich regions of India has sent the first trial shipment of vegetables by sea route from Varanasi to Dubai. Considering the potential of production of fruits and vegetables in Varanasi region comprising of five districts namely, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Chandauli, Mirzapur and Sant Ravidas Nagar, APEDA is in the process of setting up agriculture export hubs in these districts of the region.
India can increase food output by growing sorghum, millets in rice areas: Studyedit
India can enhance its food production, and improve its environmental footprint by reducing its reliance on rice, and planting crops such as sorghum and millets, according to a study.
The researchers, including those from the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad and the Indian Institute of Public Health in Delhi, said the country has tripled its cereal production over the past 50 years, with rice contributing almost half of this produce.
In their study, published in the journal PNAS, they said that rice does not offer the nutritional benefits of some other cereals, such as sorghum and millets, and added that the staple crop is grown in areas that are not necessarily suited to rice production.
India: Farm Sector Calls for Better Market Accessedit
Indian farmer organizations on Tuesday urged the Finance Ministry to enhance market access besides taking steps to accelerate investment in the farm sector, reports The Hindu BusinessLine. Representatives of these organizations, office bearers of farmers co-operatives and companies engaged in the farm sector, and experts met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for a pre-Budget consultation. The meeting was also attended by stakeholders from the agro-processing industry.
Agritech Platform Safal Fasal Launched in India to Improve Farmer Livelihoodsedit
Seed-to-market initiative by BPC to strengthen India’s agri value chain management system and resolve farmers’ woes with access to complete Agri ecosystem including finance and insurance Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India (NewsVoir) In a bid to resolve farmer woes and create supply chain efficiency in agriculture, global fintech solution provider BPC has launched Safal Fasal (www.safalfasalonline.in), a digital platform that gives small and marginal farmers greater access to finance, technology, markets, and risk-management tools.
Green Revolution sparked India’s obsession with rice. It’s time we switched to these three grainsedit
If Indian farmers grew a greater variety of staple cereal crops, it would deliver substantial wins for citizens’ health and the environment, finds a new study.
Published in PNAS, the research shows that if India replaced some of its predominant rice crop with other grains like sorghum, finger, and pearl millet, it would slash the energy use of national cereal production by up to 12%, water-use by almost a quarter, and greenhouse gas emissions by up to 13%. The greater diversity of grains would also boost protein availability by between 1% and 5% in people’s diets, and iron by up to 49%.
Global Agriculture and Livestock Baler Market Insight Strategy 2019 – 2025 : John Deere, American Baler Co., International Baleredit
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Zee Media Krishi Manch to bring together farmers and agricultural scientists of Indiaedit
Zee Media along with Gulf Oil is providing a unique platform for progressive farmers of the country. Zee Media UP Krishi Manch is being organised on the occasion of Farmers Day. The platform will bring together different stakeholders from the agricultural industry. Zee Media has been working to bring people related to agriculture, be it farmers, agricultural scientists, modern technology and government schemes of farmer interest on one platform.
TRACTOR SALES TO FALL FURTHER IN 2020edit
Agricultural tractors suffered another large decline last month to be down 16 per cent compared to November last year and are now 11 per cent behind year-to-date.
Farm tourism to be promoted in Haryana: Tourism Ministeredit
Farm-tourism will be promoted in Haryana now so that farmers can earn extra income along with their basic work, Tourism Minister Kanwar Pal said on Tuesday.
“For this purpose, some places will be identified where tourists from India and abroad can get the information about Haryanvi culture such as making jaggery, cow milking, sowing seeds, plucking fruits in orchards, kite flying, bullock cart ride and Wrestlers arena,”the minister said in a statement.
After taking a review meeting of Haryana Tourism Department and Haryana Tourism Corporation here, Kanwar Pal said that Haryana Tourism Department has decided to take this initiative to give the tourists a taste of the authentic Haryanvi lifestyle. He said that with this step of ...
Rice Transplanter Machines Market Expected to Deliver Dynamic Progression until 2028|Yanmar, Iseki, Kubota, TYMedit
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Digital technology is redefining business modelsedit
Digital capabilities will increasingly determine which companies create or lose value. Digital technology is redefining competition and changing even the business models across industries.
Micro-chipped clothes today could tell washing machines how to treat them. Smart traffic systems are reducing the waiting time at traffic lights and better distribute cars through the city. Data from factory robots allow algorithms to predict when the machines will break down and schedule maintenance to ensure that they don’t.
Need for farmer awareness to deal with stubble burning: NGT Chairmanedit
National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairman Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel on Saturday said there is need to create awareness among farmers to effectively tackle the problem of stubble burning as growers still fear that their fields will not be ready for sowing of the next crop without burning paddy straw.
He also said the enforcement of environmental laws was not intended to stop or harm industrial activities which would instead get a major boost if appropriate compliance of such laws was ensured.
Pumping to production: Powering India’s next phase of agrifoodedit
In Bhavdi, a village in Maharashtra, 35-year-old Anita Kolte had to leave her family’s small plot of land to make a living, about $120 a year, well below the poverty line. Late last year, however, she started using an innovative solar solution to dry produce and sell it into India’s roughly $70-billion-a-year vegetable and fruit market. In this process she is earning an additional $2 to $4 per day, a huge sum, and helping to build the local economy.
IIT Madras collaborates with industry to power thermal stations with paddy strawsedit
Indian Institute of Technology Madras is taking up Academia Industry collaboration for technology development in thermal power generation using paddy straw as fuel. This will be a major boost to tackle ‘stubble burning,’ which causes soil erosion, kills beneficial soil organisms and emits harmful gases such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and methane along with particulate matter.
Agriculture And Farm Machinery Market 2025: Topmost manufacturers With Size, Regions, Types, Major Drivers, Profitsedit
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PM Kisan online 4th installment of Rs 6,000 subsidy may not happen if your bank account has this faultedit
Zee – Online
Under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, the Central Government gives Rs 6,000 annual subside in three installments.
Opening production line of homegrown rice combine harvesteredit
The production line of the first homegrown rice combine harvester was inaugurated on Monday in Arak, Markazi province.
‘Tractor misuse affects agri productivity’edit
The Tribune – Online
Lack of awareness on the proper use of tractor in the agriculture field is not only affecting agriculture productivity but also minimising the life of the tractor, said Agriculture Mechanization Research Institute (AMRI) Director Ghulam Siddique while talking to APP on Sunday. “Tractor is the machine of agriculture field only but it is being utilised as means of transport on roads in our country,” he said.
How this farmer’s son built an agritech startup to bring business and scale to agriculture in rural Indiaedit
Your Story – Online
Thinking back, he realises that farming, as a profession was looked down upon. And, when Satish looked deeper, he found that farmers thought of their profession as a vicious cycle, something they could just not live off. He found that they were heavily disadvantaged by the general lack of information and unavailability of essential products.
Global Combine Harvester Market 2019 by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2025edit
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Centre to promote farm machinery to achieve diverse utilisation of mechanisationedit
The government is committed to promote the use of additional farm machinery in the coming years to achieve improvement in awareness about diverse utilisation of mechanisation and credit support so that access to latest technologies is not a constraint, Parshottam Rupala, Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, today said in New Delhi.
Agriculture policy: Strengthening agri-food value chains for farmer welfareedit
Development of robust agri-food value chains (FVC) are extremely important in India to capitalise on the gains made in production in recent years. It is the key to ensuring that our small and marginal farmers also partake in the spin-off benefits from the country transitioning from a subsistence ship-to-mouth importer of food, to one that is self-sufficient and output-surplus. This has also led to a paradigm shift, from a production-centric to an income-centric agri-system approach, a thinking that is reflected in the national commitment of Doubling Farmers Income by 2022.
Government raises Rs 2.79 lakh crore through divestment in last 5 yearsedit
The government raised Rs 2,79,622 crore from the disinvestment of public sector undertakings (PSUs) during 2014-19 compared to Rs 1,07,833 crore during the 10-year UPA rule from 2004-14, Union minister Anurag Singh Thakur said on Tuesday.
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Punjab to woo global agri players for sustainable clean agri practicesedit
The Captain Amarinder Singh led government is set to leverage the upcoming Progressive Punjab Investors Summit 2019 to reach out to some of the world’s leading FMCG companies for partnering the state in boosting the sector. The World Economic Forum (WEF) is extending full support to the Punjab government in its efforts to build and strengthen a more sustainable agri sector.
Budget
Maha govt faces criticism for crop loan waiver scheme criteriaedit
The Uddhav Thackeray-led newly-formed coalition government in Maharashtra has come under fierce criticism from the opposition BJP and farmers’ group after the decision to only waive the crop loan with an outstanding amount of less than Rs two lakh as of September 30.
According to a government resolution (GR) which specifies the criteria for the waiver scheme, issued on Saturday, says farmers whose outstanding crop loan amount till September 30 this year exceeds Rs two lakh will not be eligible for the loan waiver scheme.
India: Farm Sector Calls for Better Market Accessedit
Indian farmer organizations on Tuesday urged the Finance Ministry to enhance market access besides taking steps to accelerate investment in the farm sector, reports The Hindu BusinessLine. Representatives of these organizations, office bearers of farmers co-operatives and companies engaged in the farm sector, and experts met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for a pre-Budget consultation. The meeting was also attended by stakeholders from the agro-processing industry.
CLAAS Mentions
Feed management, the key to getting more meat productionedit
Management of alfalfa and corn, production of hay and silos, and use of machinery. In the middle of the dairy basin these aspects weigh a lot.
“We have the potential to double the consumption and production of grass in Argentina, especially alfalfa,” said José Jáuregui, from Gento, adding that entering when the alfalfa has seven or eight knots during the spring allows us high consumption rates, eating all the grass and quality, which results in more milk and more meat.
Punjab partners with WEF for e-mobilityedit
To combat the growing problem of environmental pollution, the Punjab government has partnered with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to design a public-private pilot project on shared, clean and electric mobility, it was announced on Wednesday.
Competition
New Holland T7.230 Power Command tractor on testedit
New Holland’s T7 might lack the glamorous cab offered by the likes of John Deere and Valtra – noise and space being its most obvious shortcomings – but there is something satisfyingly functional about the simple controls.
In base form, it also packs a lot of horsepower for the price, has strong rear lift and decent hydraulic output so, although the gearbox is a little clunky and old-fashioned, it’s a solid candidate for heavy fieldwork tasks.
John Deere to lay off 57 workers at Davenport, Iowa, assembly plantedit
Farm and heavy equipment giant John Deere announced last week it was laying off 57 workers from its Davenport Works plant in Iowa on January 6. The plant manufactures forestry and construction equipment. Projecting a 10 to 15 percent drop in forestry and construction sales next fiscal year and farm equipment sales to drop 5 to 10 percent, Deere is making workers pay for this downturn in order to protect its profits and meet the expectations of Wall Street investors.
John Deere maximises productivity with the new payload weighing systemedit
The powerful John Deere four-wheel-drive L-Series wheel loaders can now be equipped with a factory-installed John Deere Payload Weighing System integrated with Topcon. The Payload Weighing System, which is designed to increase productivity by maximising the operator workflow, is available on the 744L, 824L and 844L models.
John Deere Develops AI-Powered 8RX Tractor Specifically for Sub-Saharan Africaedit
2020 will see John Deere launch the new 8RX tractor in South Africa. The 8RX integrates artificial intelligence, the Internet of things, and advanced automation to help farmers work more efficiently while also gathering data to make more informed decisions and increase future machine intelligence.
Big wins for New Hollandedit
Its T6 Methane Power, the world’s first production methane tractor, was crowned the inaugural ‘Sustainable Tractor of the Year 2020’. And the T4 V/N/F tractor range received the coveted title of ‘Tractor of the Year 2020’ in the Best of Specialised category.
The T6 Methane Power is the culmination of New Holland’s work on the use of alternative fuels through its Clean Energy Leader strategy and will be commercially available in 2020.
Said to achieve 30% lower running costs, in field conditions the tractor produces 99% less particulate matter than an equivalent diesel configuration and reduces CO2 emissions by minimum 10% and overall emissions by 80%.
New breed of high-output trailed forage harvester on the way?edit
There has been considerable coverage of one particular machine – built by Elho – that was shown at last month’s Agritechnica exhibition in Germany. The machine in question is the Cobra 7710T – a somewhat unusual tractor-powered forage harvester. This Elho-produced video (below) shows the machine in action.
New Holland’s multi-crop combine and tractors at Agritechnica Asia Liveedit
Approximately 1,000 farmers and agricultural equipment operators attended the inaugural two-day event from 29-30 November at Takkone Township, 20km north-east of Naypyidaw, which was hosted by the Myanmar Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation.
Mahindra’s Tractor Sales Fall 19% in Novemberedit
Indian tractor maker Mahindra reported that it had sold 21,032 units during November 2019, down by 19% from 25,949 units in November 2018. Domestic tractor sales in November 2019 were down 18.9% to 20,414 units vs. 25,159 units during November 2018. Exports for the month shrunk 21.7% to 618 units in November 2019 from 790 units November 2018.
Mahindra & Mahindra sales decline 9% in Novemberedit
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M) on Sunday reported a 9% year-on-year decline in its total wholesale volumes in November. Wholesale volumes represent vehicles dispatched from the factories to the respective dealerships across India and overseas.
John Deere breathes new life into 6M seriesedit
American giant John Deere has refreshed its small 6-series tractors, offering higher comfort and boosting performance levels from that of previous machines. The new models replace all existing 6M, 6MC and 6RC tractors, and include four new machines – 6090M, 6100M, 6110M and 6120M – running a four-cylinder 4.5-litre Deere PowerTech EWL engine that stretch from 90hp to 120hp.
Farm machinery makers, Brazil banks working on private financingedit
Agricultural machine manufacturers are working with banks in Brazil to avoid a repeat of slumping sales when public financing is expected to run out next year, the head of the local unit of US tractor maker Deere & Co. told Reuters on Thursday.
The Brazilian government’s moves to reduce its role in the sector disrupted one of the world’s largest markets for agriculture machinery earlier this year.
Dairy Farming
Modi govt backs cow dung-based farming. Now its own officials call it a ‘myth’edit
Top serving and retired government officials, agriculture scientists and policymakers have warned that the zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) method, actively promoted by the Modi government, could lead to severe food shortage in the country.
The ZBNF is a low-cost farming method propounded by the 2016 Padma Shri awardee Subhash Palekar. It involves the application of a mixture of fresh indigenous cow dung and urine along with jaggery, pulses and flour on the soil to be cultivated.
₹40-crore dairy plant to come up at Sabbavaramedit
A dairy processing plant will be established by Creamline Dairy Products Limited (CDPL) with an investment of ₹40 crore. It is coming up at Sabbavaram near Visakhapatnam city.
The company, which produces milk and milk products suchs as curd, buttermilk and lassi under the brand name ‘Godrej Jersey’, is a leading private dairy player in South India.
Farmers Can Achieve Financial Sustainability & Value Addition by Investing in Dairy, Fisheries: Naiduedit
M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India stresses on the need to conserve indigenous cattle breeds & strengthen bull mother farms to conserve high merit indigenous breeds. He suggested employing scientific methods in dairying to boost the milk production of dairy animals by scientifically feeding and breeding indigenous nondescript dairy animals.
There’s some dung around: Solving the dairy value chain problemedit
There is a first world problem visiting the shores of the developing world, and it’s called deflation. India has been seeing some deflationary pressure, or at least price stagnation across several sectors in the economy in the last six months. Not a healthy sign for a growing economy perhaps, but that’s another other discussion. Limited inflation in food is actually a good thing.
Shutdown of dairy farms points to crisisedit
Three months ago, a group of dairy farmers handed over a list of 150-odd names along with phone numbers to Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa in Chandigarh and requested him to do something about Punjab’s ‘new crisis’. The list pertained to the owners of dairy farms which were shut down in Mohali district alone in the recent past. The farmers were red-flagging the problems plaguing dairy farming in the state.
Unveiling White Revolution 2.0: Dairy business expected to reach Rs 21.9 crore by 2024edit
In 2019, India emerged as the largest milk producer and consumer. Niti Aayog estimates that the country is expected to increase its milk production to 330 million metric tonnes (mt) in 2033–34 from the current level of 176 mt. Marketing and innovation, thus, are increasingly becoming important on the cusp of White Revolution 2.0. This is also evident from the fact that dairy business is expected to reach `21,97,100 crore by 2024 with a CAGR of about 16%.
Future business scope for foreign dairy brands in Indiaedit
The socioeconomic development of a country depends upon the price of the basic needs. Milk and milk products control a country’s economy wherein decisions regarding the market need to be taken wisely according to the requirements of both the urban and rural populations.
India has a diverse population of 1.3 billion and is a wonderland for brands targeting investment opportunities in the dairy sector. The milk production of India is 176.3 million metric tonne and is the highest in the world. There is high availability of cheap labour and technological infrastructure.
Dairy farmers urged to look inside their farmgate before considering further expansionedit
Dairy farmers were urged – by Teagasc’s Lawrence Shalloo during last week’s Teagasc National Dairy Conference – to look inside their own farmgate, to see where efficiency gains can be made, before considering any further expansion.
The Dairy Conference was held last week on both Tuesday, December 3, and Thursday, December 5, in Killarney, Co. Kerry, and in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
LG calls for boosting milk, poultry productionedit
Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu on Wednesday called for increase in milk production and development of poultry estates for filling the gap between demand and supply of milk and poultry in Jammu and Kashmir. He passed these instructions while reviewing the working of Animal and Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries Departments in the Civil Secretariat.
Unique corn silage increases feed efficiencyedit
Research by PennStateUniversity found a 4% increase (6% increase uncorrected) in ECM feed efficiency with Enogen Feed corn silage — with no negative effect on rumen fermentation. The unique Syngenta hybrids, available from NK Seeds retailers, feature an in-seed technology that converts starch to usable sugars more quickly than other corn.
Vikarabad: Move to boost dairy farmingedit
District Collector Ayesha Masrat Khanam said artificial insemination will be done for 20,000 cattle, both cows and buffaloes, in the district. Speaking at the coordination committee meeting with district officials here on Monday, she directed them to conduct free artificial insemination for 200 cattle in every village.
Technology in Agriculture
The next big opportunity in farming: Innovation in the agriculture-water sectoredit
The 1965 Green Revolution changed the face of Indian agriculture – crop yields soared with better quality seeds, access to fertilisers, farm equipment, and access to irrigation. Among these, irrigation and water are the only ones that are still not priced. Farmers became less dependent on the vagaries of the monsoon, thanks to the large-scale irrigation projects and later, an unfettered ability to dig new borewells helped. Stepwells, lakes, and other medieval hydrological structures were abandoned, their utility forgotten.
Emerging tech can address major agricultural challenges: Expertsedit
The Indian agriculture sector contributes around 18% to the Indian GDP and is one of the major employers in the country. The rising urban and rural populations are dependent on the agrarian sector, following which the demand is robust and expected to grow further.
Besides satiating India’s needs, the agriculture sector is also driving exports and in the coming years, the sector is poised to generate better momentum.
Smart Agriculture to support the demands of agritech sectoredit
We live in an age where it pays to be smart, be it in our approach towards cities, classrooms or even agriculture and farming. While in the US up to 80% farmers use smart farming technology, in India, the field of smart agriculture is still at a nascent stage, says Deependra Kumar Jha, vice chancellor, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) that has recently launched its School of Smart Agriculture to cater to the growing demand for new-age agri professionals
‘School Of Smart Agriculture’ Set Up To Boost India’s Agritech Ecosystemedit
Dehradun-based University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) has announced the setting up of a ‘School of Smart Agriculture’ which will cater to the agritech sector in India, where it offers advanced education programmes in agriculture.
In a media report, Deependra Kumar Jha, the vice-chancellor of UPES, said that the institute will develop curriculum around advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), big data, drone technology among others to create new solutions for the agriculture sector.
Centre to promote farm machinery to achieve diverse utilisation of mechanisationedit
The government is committed to promote the use of additional farm machinery in the coming years to achieve improvement in awareness about diverse utilisation of mechanisation and credit support so that access to latest technologies is not a constraint, Parshottam Rupala, Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, today said in New Delhi.
Govt. Policies
Govt to launch scheme providing food to farmers at Rs 10: Haryana CM Khattaredit
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is all set to introduce a new scheme which would provide nutritious meals to farmers visiting the grain market with their crops at Rs 10. The scheme will also apply to farmers visiting the sugar mills as well.
The decision was taken by Khattar in the meeting of party volunteers in Rohtak’s canal rest house.
Punjab Government Mulls Partial Withdrawal Of Power Subsidy To Farmers With Medium, Large Landholdingsedit
The Congress government in Punjab led by Chief Minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh in a special meeting took up a proposal to withdraw any power subsidy to a section of farmers, reports The Economic Times.
If the State government decides to go ahead with the proposal then except small and marginal farmers, the ones with medium and large landholdings would lose the subsidy cover.
Gujarat: State Govt To Discontinue Subsidy For Chemical Fertilizers, Take Up Organic Farmingedit
The state government of Gujarat recently held a meeting where Farmers Welfare and Cooperation Minister, Ranchhod Faldu stated that the state government wants to discontinue the subsidy for chemical fertilizers and that farmers should take up organic farming. The meeting was held at the Main Dry Farming Research Station (MDFRS), Junagadh Agricultural University, Targhadiya near Rajkot.
Tackling farm crisis, ensuring quota for locals top on coalition agendaedit
Tackling growing unemployment, the farm crisis and ensuring reservation for locals top the agenda for the alliance led by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) as it prepares to form the government in Jharkhand.
JMM, which contested the assembly elections in alliance with the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal, promised in its manifesto earnings of ₹72,000 per annum for every poor family. The alliance also promised that unemployed graduates and post-graduates will get a monthly allowance of ₹5,000 and ₹7,000 respectively. The populist promises include reserving 75% of private sector jobs for locals, along with 28% reservation for Scheduled Tribes, 27% for Other Backward Classes and 12% for Scheduled Castes. The alliance has also promised to come out with an ...
INDIA’S RICHEST STATE TO WAIVE LOANS FOR STRUGGLING FARMERSedit
India’s richest state of Maharashtra will give waivers for loans of up to 200,000 Indian rupees ($2,815) incurred by distressed farmers, its government said on Saturday.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray told the state legislature of the move on Saturday, but did not elaborate on how the state would fund the initiative or how many farmers would benefit.
‘We need to incentivise farmers not to burn the paddy residue and shift towards alternative crops’edit
Burning of post-harvest paddy stubble is a significant contributor to north India’s poor air quality and Punjab is one of the big contributors to this source of pollutants. The state’s chief minister Amarinder Singh shares his views with Sanjeev Verma.
Structural policies needed for 7-plus % growth, says Rathin Royedit
The official GDP growth estimate for the July-September quarter, at 4.5%, is the lowest in 26 quarters. Rathin Roy, Director of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, and former member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, discusses the causes of the economy’s troubles and suggests possible remedies.
Punjab to woo global agri players for sustainable clean agri practicesedit
The Captain Amarinder Singh led government is set to leverage the upcoming Progressive Punjab Investors Summit 2019 to reach out to some of the world’s leading FMCG companies for partnering the state in boosting the sector. The World Economic Forum (WEF) is extending full support to the Punjab government in its efforts to build and strengthen a more sustainable agri sector.
Jagan introduced welfare schemes with a great vision: Minister K Kannababuedit
Minister for Agriculture K Kannababu termed the six-month rule of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as awesome. Speaking to mediapersons here on Saturday, he said that YS Jagan introduced and implemented various welfare schemes with a great vision. He said the Chief Minister has taken some sensational decisions Jagan has taken sensational decisions during the last six months. Especially, Jagan was delivering corruption-free governance. The administration which lost control under the previous TDP government was being run with perfect policies, he explained.
Stubble Burning
Dipping mercury may damage wheat sown lateedit
It is feared the intense cold wave may cause damage to the late sown wheat crop. Many farmers were forced to resow because of Armyworm and pink stem borer infestation and the July floods. They now fear heavy losses.
“In view of the ban imposed by the state government, farmers had to sow wheat without burning the stubble, which led to Armyworm and pink stem borer infestation, and they had to resow the crop. Now, dipping temperatures could prove detrimental for the late sown varities”, explained Rajpal Singh, a BKU (Ugrahan) leader from Mangwal village. “The Punjab Government has not announced any financial help to the farmers who have suffered losses,” he said. In Sangrur district, wheat ...
CCP recommends ban on stubble burningedit
The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has observed that acute shortage of wheat straw in the country has adversely affected the paper, dairy and meat industries and recommended a complete ban on the burning of wheat straw in the fields and use of it as a fuel for producing power.
Biogas plants planned for farmers in India to prevent crop stubble burningedit
The Indian government is planning to set up more than 100 biogas plants in a bid to tackle the issue of crop stubble burning. Every winter thousands of farmers burn leftover crop stubble, sending vast plumes of smoke into the sky and polluting neighbouring communities.
Govt plans bio-gas plants to tackle toxic pollution, but experts scepticaledit
India is planning to set up more than 100 bio-gas plants and provide thousands of framers with machines to dispose of crop stubble in a bid to halt the choking crop-burning pollution that blights the country every winter.
A major source of the smog that engulfs vast swathes of northern India, including the capital New Delhi, is the burning the straw and stubble of the previous rice crop to prepare for new planting in October and November.
Over 260 Bihar farmers won’t get government benefits as they burnt stubbleedit
The Bihar government will not provide financial assistance, subsidies and other benefits to more than 260 farmers in the state as they burnt crop residue (stubble) despite being told not to do so.
“These farmers will be deprived of benefits provided by the agriculture department as a penalty for burning stubble burning despite there being a ban on,” Prem Kumar, Bihar’s minister for agriculture, told this reporter over the phone.
Avoiding stubble trouble: Agricultural methods for reducing cereal crop wasteedit
When we grow crops a huge amount of energy goes into their production and harvesting. In general, there is also a lot of waste when the wheat is separated from the chaff, so to speak, and stubble trouble is a common problem for wheat and rice and other cereal crops. Now, work on the energy content and potential to do work, exergy, of rice straw suggests that we might have an alternative to simply digging stubble in or burning it.
Stubble burning: AAP MLA asks Punjab government to release compensation to eligible farmersedit
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Kotkapura and party’s kisan wing head Kultar Singh Sandhwan has slammed the Punjab government for not releasing compensation to the farmers in the state for disposing their paddy straw instead of burning it.
India Sets up Waste-2-Energy Plants to Reduce Air Pollution from Stubble Burningedit
Stubble burning in the neighbouring states surrounding Delhi during crop cultivation during this year was cited as one of the major reasons for air pollution in the Indian capital.
The federal government has now set up two pilot plants to use paddy straw to produce green coal, which would be used to generate power. Federal Secretary for Housing and Urban Affairs Durga Shankar Mishra took to Twitter to announce the setting up of the plants in the northern state of Punjab, a farming-oriented state in India.
IIT Madras is planning to power thermal stations with paddy straw, could reduce stubble burningedit
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is taking up academia-industry collaboration for technology development in thermal power generation using paddy straw as fuel. This will be a major boost to tackle ‘stubble burning’, considering that Punjab and Haryana alone produce 35 million tons of paddy straw per year.
Need for farmer awareness to deal with stubble burning: NGT Chairmanedit
National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairman Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel on Saturday said there is need to create awareness among farmers to effectively tackle the problem of stubble burning as growers still fear that their fields will not be ready for sowing of the next crop without burning paddy straw.
He also said the enforcement of environmental laws was not intended to stop or harm industrial activities which would instead get a major boost if appropriate compliance of such laws was ensured.
IIT-M to develop technology to tackle stubble burning Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/iit-m-to-develop-technology-to-tackle-stubble-burning-785088.htmledit
Stubble burning has been a major issue in north Indian states of Punjab and Haryana for long and is cited as one of the reasons for spike in pollution in New Delhi and other cities during winter. Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has now stepped into tackle the issue by developing technology in thermal power generation using paddy straw as fuel.
Space startup with AI solution to stubble burning wins ‘Space Oscar’edit
A Gurgaon-based startup working in utilizing satellite data to solve environmental problems has won an international prize for its AI (artificial intelligence)- based tool to measure and monitor farm fires and stubble burning across India.
Millions of tonnes of crop residue is burnt on farms to clear them for new crops every winter in North India, releasing massive amounts of greenhouse gas emissions which cause peak in pollution levels in Delhi and elsewhere. Stubble burning is also a major problem in other parts of the country. Efforts to utilize crop waste for power generation and other applications are hampered due to lack of data about availability and quality the waste.
Think beyond paddy, CACP chief urges farmersedit
The Times of India – Online
Days after the Supreme Court directed India’s northern state to find a workable solution to the problem of burning of crop residue, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) chairman Prof Vijay Paul Sharma visited Punjab on Tuesday to prevail upon farmers to stop setting paddy stubble burning.
Technique of a farmer from Maharashtra may help Punjab solve its stubble burning problemedit
The Economic Times – Online
The irrigation minister of Punjab has reached out to an innovative farmer from Maharashtra, who may have solution for the rice stubble burning and the depleting ground water levels in the state. Chandrashekhar Bhadsavle from Neral in Mumbai has developed a direct sowing technique called Saguna Rice Technology (SRT), which eliminates need of tillage and stubble burning in rice and other crops.
Uttar Pradesh Man Develops A Cost Effective Solution For Stubble Burningedit
Even as the Centre and the state governments are trying to find a solution to the menace of stubble burning, an innovator from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur claims to have developed a cost effective solution. Ganga Ram Chauhan has invented a bicycle-based shredder machine which can crush and grind elements, including wood, leaves and crop remains into particles of less than 80 mm size. These particles can then be easily converted into compost. The machine costs only around Rs. 5,000-6000, he says.
Booking farmers for stubble burning no solution: BKUedit
The Tribune – Online
The Bharti Kisan Union (BKU), Kadian, has lauded the role played by the apex court in taking the Centre and the state government to task for their failure to make alternative arrangements for the management of stubble.
Stubble burning: Gorakhpur man develops a cost-effective solutionedit
Grass root level scientist of Gorakhpur, Ganga Ram Chauhan, who was awarded by the Yogi government in 2018 for an invention, has found a cost effective solution to stubble burning. Ganga Ram Chauhan (50) has invented a bicycle-based shredder machine which can crush/grind elements including wood, leaves and crop remains in particles of less than 80 mm size. These particles can then be easily converted into compost. The machine costs only around Rs 5000-6000.
‘We need to incentivise farmers not to burn the paddy residue and shift towards alternative crops’edit
Burning of post-harvest paddy stubble is a significant contributor to north India’s poor air quality and Punjab is one of the big contributors to this source of pollutants. The state’s chief minister Amarinder Singh shares his views with Sanjeev Verma.
India-Sweden Join Hands To Convert Stubble Into Green Coaledit
Indian meteorologists have been repeatedly arguing that the average maximum temperature in Delhi during winters has declined notably since 1998 due to rising air pollution. Delhi is among the most polluted cities in the world and, according to several estimates and researches, air pollution results even in deaths.
Hinduja Group offers to help Punjab in addressing stubble burning problemedit
The Hinduja Group on Wednesday offered to help Punjab in addressing stubble burning problem in the state by lifting all paddy straw from the fields for use in ethanol plants. The offer was made during a meeting between Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Hinduja Group Chairman Prakash Hinduja, an official statement said here.
India tests Swedish technology to reduce stubble burningedit
Pollution from stubble burning in winter is the key contributor to the sharp decline in air quality in Delhi. But stubble burning continues unabated. To find a solution to this issue, India is testing a Swedish technology — torrefaction that can convert rice stubble into ‘bio-coal’.
India-Sweden join forces against stubble burning to deal with air pollutionedit
The India-Sweden Dialogue on innovations for sustainable devvelopment and partnership that took off on Monday saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf do a virtual launch of the technology, test in pilot mode, that can be useful in combatting the problem of stubble burning.
Officials to lose part of salary if stubble burning continues in UPedit
Officials under whose watch stubble burning will take place are likely to lose a part of their salary. Chief secretary RK Tiwari on Monday said that if an FIR is not filed against an accused responsible for crop burning, action would also be initiated against the revenue and senior police official of the area.
UP govt seeks reply from 26 district police chiefs over incidents of stubble burningedit
The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday sought answer from police chiefs of 26 districts of the state over incidents of stubble burning and absence of proper control over them despite the orders of the Supreme Court and directives of the Yogi Adityanath dispensation.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Awasthi said, “The government has taken it very seriously. In this regard, the government has sought an answer from police chiefs of 26 districts by December 3. The state government had sent the list of incidents of stubble burning to these police chiefs from October 1 last year to November 25 this year.”
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Year-ender: Will 2020 be better for agriculture?edit
Onion prices, at Rs 100-plus per kg in retail and an average of Rs 6,500/quintal even in Maharashtra’s Lasalgaon wholesale market, have made headlines in a year that is coming to a close. But it’s not just onions. There are many other farm commodities whose prices have been looking up, if not soaring, of late.
‘Farmers must get a better deal’edit
In a career spanning almost four decades, RS Sodhi has worked in various capacities in the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF). In a telephonic interaction with Vijay C Roy, the Amul MD — who hails from a village near Ferozepur — stresses on steps to increase milk procurement as well as dairy farmers’ income.
A solution to Delhi’s apocalyptic winters might just be in sightedit
The climate talks in Madrid may have failed to achieve much, but a solution to the Indian capital’s apocalyptic winters might just be in sight, with a little help from the industry.
Every year in November, northern India chokes inside a thick blanket of smog, precipitated by record-level pollution. While fossil fuel-based power plants and vehicles are the major scourges in other countries, or even other Indian cities, Delhi’s problem lies a few hundred kilometres northwest: the agricultural fields of Punjab and Haryana.
New Holland T7.230 Power Command tractor on testedit
New Holland’s T7 might lack the glamorous cab offered by the likes of John Deere and Valtra – noise and space being its most obvious shortcomings – but there is something satisfyingly functional about the simple controls.
In base form, it also packs a lot of horsepower for the price, has strong rear lift and decent hydraulic output so, although the gearbox is a little clunky and old-fashioned, it’s a solid candidate for heavy fieldwork tasks.
Government offers 80% subsidy to farmers on equipment to manage stubbleedit
To wane away farmers from burning the crop residues, the government has decided to provide up to 80% subsidy on equipment used to manage stubble. While the Central government will bear 65% portion of the subsidy, the state will give the rest 35% amount.
Mahindra’s Tractor Sales Fall 19% in Novemberedit
Indian tractor maker Mahindra reported that it had sold 21,032 units during November 2019, down by 19% from 25,949 units in November 2018. Domestic tractor sales in November 2019 were down 18.9% to 20,414 units vs. 25,159 units during November 2018. Exports for the month shrunk 21.7% to 618 units in November 2019 from 790 units November 2018.