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Agriculture Industry
Soyabean output seen shrinking as Madhya Pradesh farmers shift to paddyedit
Financial Express – Online
Two successive years of crop damage due to heavy rain have forced many soyabean farmers in Madhya Pradesh to shift to paddy cultivation this season, which may result in lower than normal production of the oilseed crop for the third time in a row. Soyabean is the largest oilseed crop of the kharif season. Madhya Pradesh was the biggest producer of soyabean until 2018-19, when the output was close to 67 lakh tonne. However, production dropped to 49 lakh tonne in 2019-20 and marginally improved to about 51 lakh tonne the following year — much below the normal production of 65 lakh tonne. Maharashtra emerged as the biggest producer with about 62 lakh tonne in ...
Budget
What TN’s farm budget should haveedit
The Times Of India – Online
The new Tamil Nadu government’s announcement of a separate budget for agriculture has raised expectations among the farming community that innovative solutions would be found for their age-old problems. The long-pending issues that need to be addressed are water management, farming techniques, post-harvest management, new markets and farm producers organisations (FPOs). In the face of challenges such as changing climate, threat to sustainability, unproductive use of agro-inputs, depleting natural resources and increasing market competition, the necessity to chalk out futuristic solutions and implementation becomes vital and urgent.
Competition
Craftsman Automation wins Rs 200 crore business from Citroenedit
Auto Car Pro – Online
Coimbatore-based Craftsman Automation has won new orders from the PSA Group (Citroen), which the company claims is expected to peak at Rs 200 crore by FY2024. The development marks Indian supplier’s first significant foray into the passenger vehicle segment. The company’s clientele includes Daimler India, Tata Motors, Tata Cummins, Mahindra & Mahindra, Simpson & Co., TAFE Motors and Tractors, Escorts, Ashok Leyland, Perkins, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, John Deere and JCB India. It has a dozen strategically located manufacturing facilities across seven cities in India.
Dams and Indian Agriculture
Along Palar river check dams hold key to agri revivaledit
The Times Of India – Online
A check dam across the river Palar in Kodayanchi in Tirupattur district is all that 79-year-old farmer K N Dharmarajan has been demanding for decades. Like him, several thousands of farmers depending on agriculture in the upper Palar river basin — the lifeline of northern districts — have been pleading in vain with successive governments to construct check dams, at every five kilometre along the river. Chief minister M K Stalin’s direction to the water resources department to construct check dams wherever feasible has revived their hopes to get back to their preferred livelihood.
Govt. Policies
Government plans to create national farmers database: Objective, features and other key detailsedit
Jagran Josh – Online
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on July 27, 2021, that the government has been planning to create a federated National Farmers Database using digitized land records. It will help to offer proactive and personalized services to the farmers. The Union Minister assured that the government will ensure the data privacy of the farmers’ personal details. He further added that the Ministry of Agriculture in consultation with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is in the process of bringing out a data policy for the agriculture sector.
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Agricultural work slowed down due to delay in rainedit
Jagran – Online
Due to the delay in monsoon rains, the work of agriculture has slowed down in Sundergarh district. In Bisra, Nuagaon, Lathikta, Kuramunda blocks of Panposh sub-division, the agriculture work is not being done properly due to less rainfall. Out of 60,759 hectares in four blocks, only 45,466 hectares could be cultivated under paddy. Work is yet to be done on 15,293 hectares. The target for non-paddy crop is 23,299 hectares, out of which work has been done on 14,363 hectares while work is yet to be done on 8,936 hectares. Farming work has not been done on 24,299 hectares of land in the entire district. With the formation of a low pressure area in the Bay ...
Srikakulam: Deficit rainfall affects paddy cultivationedit
The Hans India – Online
With onset of monsoon and sufficient rainfall in July, the farmers in Srikakulam were adopted direct sowing method for paddy cultivation for the Kharif season. But the cultivation works were affected by the deficit rainfall and dry spell in Srikakulam. Paddy is considered to the primary crop to be cultivated during the Kharif season in the district. According to agriculture department officials, paddy is being cultivated in an extent 5.75 lakh acres in the district during kharif season, it occupies 75 per cent of cultivated area. Usually paddy crop is required more water, time and investment for transplantation mode of cultivation.
Tractor industry
Farmers Slow Down Tractor Purchases With Steel Prices Soaringedit
Bloomberg Quint – Online
AGCO Corp., one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of agriculture equipment, warned investors Thursday that the massive rise in steel prices is finally hitting the wallets of farmers. Steel is hard to come by because of supply chain disruptions, and AGCO has seen its costs increase by 150% in North America alone. The exorbitant rise has forced manufacturers to hike prices for everything from tractors to grain storage bins, AGCO Chief Executive Eric Hansotia said on a call with analysts. And there’s been some demand destruction.