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Competition
John Deere farmers and suppliers worry about the impact of the strike | Economy and businessedit
Bolly Inside – Online
Members of the United Auto Workers strike outside of the John Deere Engine Works plant on Ridgeway Avenue in Waterloo, Iowa, on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. About 10,000 UAW workers have gone on strike against John Deere since Thursday at plants in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas. John Deere Dubuque Works union employee Steve Thor pickets outside UAW Local 94 in Dubuque, Iowa, on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Thursday, the first major walkout at the agricultural machinery giant in more than three decades. Members of the United Auto Workers strike outside of the John Deere Engine Works plant on Ridgeway Avenue in Waterloo, Iowa, on Friday, ...
Govt. Policies
PM Kisan Tractor Yojana: Now Get Tractor at Half the Price; Know Howedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Many such steps are being taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi which is proving to be beneficial for the farmers. Under PM Kisan Yojana, Rs.6000 is also being deposited annually in the account of farmers. Along with this, various types of subsidies are also being given on fertilizers and seeds. Subsidy is also being provided by the government on the machines used in agriculture such as tractor subsidies. Keeping this in mind, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Tractor Yojana is being run in which subsidy is being given on tractors. Tractors have become the most helpful agricultural tools in recent years. They have to deal with a variety of economic situations. They do not want to take ...
Kerala minister hails Andhra’s initiatives for farm sectoredit
The New Indian Express – Online
Impressed by various innovative measures taken up by the AP government to help farmers and develop agriculture as a profitable venture, Kerala Agriculture Minister P Prasad has said the entire country is looking at AP for the way it is giving top priority to the agriculture sector. A delegation from Kerala led by Prasad visited Rythu Bharosa Kendram (RBK) in Tukkaluru village of Nuzvid mandal in Krishna district on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, the Kerala agriculture minister said priority being given to agriculture and allied sectors in AP is being discussed across the country. He said even a state like Gujarat is making efforts to implement the strategies adopted in AP for ...
Paddy in India
Telangana govt to procure entire Vaanakalam paddyedit
Telangana Today – Online
For fourth consecutive season, the State government will procure entire paddy produced in the State during the ensuing Vaanakalam 2021-22 season. The Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation, which is the nodal agency for paddy procurement, has been instructed to procure the season’s entire paddy production of an estimated 1.34 crore tonnes. The State government issued guidelines in this regard, to facilitate opening of paddy purchase centres and procurement of paddy from all villages as was done during the Covid-19 pandemic. The State government had purchased 1.11 crore tonnes of paddy during financial year of 2019-20 and 1.48 crore tonnes of paddy during 2020-21 when the entire paddy production was purchased from farmers considering the Covid ...
Stubble Burning
States regarding stubble burning; Being close to Delhi creates ruckus in Haryana, Punjab and UPedit
Jagran – Online
The attention of everyone regarding stubble burning remains more on Punjab and Haryana. Whereas in many other states of the country, stubble is burnt indiscriminately. Such states are not confined only around Delhi, but are spread from far east to central India. According to photographs received from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Sunday, stubble is being burnt across the country. According to photographs, stubble burning has also been found at six places in Dhemaji district of Assam, two places in Durg district of Chhattisgarh, Dhanbad in Jharkhand and Guna districts of Madhya Pradesh and Sundergarh district of Odisha.
7 more units in Punjab switch to straw-fired boilersedit
The Times Of India – Online
Seven more industries in Punjab have agreed to convert their boilers to accept crop residue as fuel, to help reduce stubble-burning. Already seven industries have converted partially in the past few years. A factory at Shahpur village in Fatehgarh Sahib district had switched over fully from coal to straw as fuel for its boilers, and its annual consumption of paddy stubble is 1.10 lakh metric tonnes. A paper mill in Muktsar uses1.5 LMT of paddy straw. Punjab’s total industrial consumption of paddy straw is 3 LMT, while seven more industries will now add 2.65 LMT to the figure.
Stubble Burning In Punjabedit
Jagran – Online
With the speedy harvesting of paddy, the cases of stubble burning have also started increasing. All the efforts of the government are proving to be dwarf. In this season, maximum stubble was burnt in a single day on Dussehra. The maximum number of 660 stubble burning cases have been reported on this day. One reason for this is the opposition to agricultural laws and the other is burning more stubble by farmers under the guise of Dussehra. At the same time, the farmers have announced to celebrate the black festival in protest against the agricultural laws. Due to this, more stubble has been burnt especially targeting Dussehra.
Tractor industry
GPS to check misuse of tractors by Gram Panchayat officialsedit
Deccan Chronicle – Online
Misuse of tractors in various gram panchayats has become a huge issue as complaints are pouring in against sarpanches and village secretaries for using them for their personal works. Notices have been issued to 21 village secretaries for using tractors for works other than of gram panchayats. It is found that the sarpanches send tractors to fields belonging to his followers and relatives. Allegations and counter allegations have become common between the sarpanches and Opposition leaders in concerned gram panchayats on use of tractors.