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Agriculture Industry
Will make agriculture profitable if voted to power: Kejriwal to Punjab farmersedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Transforming agriculture into a profitable profession will the goal and no farmer will commit suicide if AAP is voted to power in Punjab in next year’s Assembly polls, said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal here on Thursday. The Delhi CM told farmers that when his party promised free power, improved school education system and better health services in New Delhi, their rivals made fun of them. But now when we did these, they started gimmicks to ‘imitate’ the AAP agenda to woo the voters, he claimed. “Punjab has all required infrastructure to develop agri-based industry but due to ill-intentions of the present or past government, these could not deliver,” he said.
CLAAS Mentions
Agricultural Equipment Market expected to reach US$ 6.7 Mn & ~ 4.8% CAGR Over forecast period (2021 – 2031)edit
Market Research Blog – Online
As per a recent survey by FMI, the global agricultural equipment market is expected to total US$ 65 Bn in 2021. In response to surging demand for advanced and automated technologies in the agricultural sector, the market is anticipated to register steady demand. As per FMI, top 5 manufacturers in the global market are Deere & Company, AGCO Corp, CNH Industrial N.V., Kubota Corporation, and CLAAS KGaA GmbH. These players are expected to account for nearly 44% of the overall sales in 2021.
Paddy in India
Ludhiana: Paddy procurement gaining momentum; 40% crop procurededit
Hindustan Times – Online
Deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Thursday said that paddy procurement at grain markets across the district has gained momentum, with the administration having procured 6,88,395 metric tonnes of the crop, which is nearly 40% of the expected arrival. Presiding over a meeting here at his office, the DC said that 7,11,500 metric tonnes of paddy arrived at grain markets this year, against the expected 17.53 lakh metric tonnes. Sharma added that payment worth ₹1,101.05 crore has been made to the farmers and 89% of the procured paddy has also been lifted from the markets.
Concerns loom for Chhattisgarh government as big spike expected in paddy productionedit
The New Indian Express – Online
With an increase of 48,000 hectares this year in the area over which paddy is grown, leading to augmented production during the current kharif season, the Chhattisgarh government has increased the procurement limit further from last year’s 92 to 105 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) as a new target this year. The state cabinet sub-committee while enhancing the upper procurement limit announced that the process would be started from December 1. During the last kharif season, the state had to struggle to make use of the procured paddy after the Food Corporation of India (FCI) lifted its given quota, leaving 20.5 LMT as surplus, following which the state cabinet took a crucial decision to ...
Row over Telangana govt decision to stop Rabi paddy cultivationedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The Telangana government’s decision to impose an indirect ban on the cultivation of paddy by farmers in the state during the ongoing Rabi season has triggered a major controversy. Though the government has not issued an official order banning the cultivation of paddy this season, it has directed the district collectors to see those seed companies do not sell paddy seeds to farmers at any cost, on the pretext of the problem of plenty. The seed company dealers were asked to procure and stock adequate quantities of seed for alternative crops like pulses and oilseeds such as groundnut, green gram, black gram, Bengal gram, caster, bajra and sesamum but not paddy.
Stubble Burning
265 teams to stop crop residue burning in Kaithal, yet stubble was burnt at 585 places, finededit
Jagran – Online
During the paddy season, 383 farmers have burnt their fields in the district in one and a half months. After which the Agriculture Department has imposed a fine of about five lakh rupees. However, this time it is less than last year. Let us inform that during the entire season last year, 2803 cases were reported. This time too, information has been obtained through satellite at a total of 585 places so far. Out of which 202 cases have been found to be fake. While 383 cases have been found correct. 265 teams have been formed by the Agriculture Department to prevent the incidents of burning of fangs. After the incidents of setting fire to Fane, ...
Punjab Stubble Burning Events Fell by One-Third in Sep-Oct: Centre to SCedit
News18 – Online
The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that paddy residue burning events from September 15 to October 25 this year have been reduced by one-third in Punjab, compared to the last year. According to the status report submitted by the Centre with respect to steps taken to abate air pollution in Delhi-NCR, 2,446 events were reported in Punjab this year – between September 15 and October 25 – as compared with 7,429, in the same period, last year. In 2022, Haryana reported 1,091 events, however this year in the past one month it reported 1027; and in Uttar Pradesh 54 events were reported in 2020, but this year only 30 events were reported so far.
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Tractor industry
Good news: Haryana Agriculture University students develop e-tractoredit
India Today – Online
In our good news segment, watch the story of a bunch of students from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University who have developed an e-tractor.
Sales of Tractors in September 2021: Eicher, Mahindra, Sonalika & Othersedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Tractor retail sales fell 23.85% year over year to 52,896 units in September 2021, down from 69,462 units sold in September 2020, according to data supplied by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA). However, this was a 39.13 percent increase over the 38,019 units sold in September 2019, which is remarkable given that this was the pre-COVID-19 time frame.