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Agriculture Industry
Agricultural Scientists Issue Advisory for Farmers Regarding Cultivation of Wheat, Potato, Mustardedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Agricultural scientists of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) have issued an advisory for farmers regarding the cultivation of wheat, potato, mustard, and vegetables. It has been said that keeping the temperature in mind, farmers should sow late wheat at the earliest. 125 kg seed will be required per hectare. The improved varieties of late wheat are HD-3059, HD-3237, HD-3271, HD-3117, WR-544, PB W-373, UP-2338, UP-2425, and Raj-3765. Before sowing, treat the seeds with thiram @ 2.0 g per kg of seed. In the fields where there is an infestation of termites, farmers should sprinkle Chlorpyrifas (20 EC) @ 5.0 liters per hectare with Paleva or in a dry field. The amount of nitrogen, ...
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Cheffins host major machinery sale on behalf of RC Bakeredit
Farmers Weekly – Online
East Anglia-based auctioneer Cheffins is to oversee the sale of more than 150 lots on behalf of Oxfordshire contractor RC Baker. The sale comprises the machinery of former NAAC chairman and 2009 winner of Farmers Weekly’s Contractor of the Year Charles Baker, who has amassed an impressive range of equipment since he began contracting in 1974 with a Ford 4000. A fleet of seven John Deere tractors, each under four years old, will be a particular highlight of the auction. Models include 6215R, 6250R and 7R330 series, with prices estimated to range from £80,000 to £180,000. Other items in the sale include a 2020 Claas Xerion 5000 slurry tanker and gooseneck Kaweco combination, which is ...
Govt. Policies
Solar-based lift irrigation to be implemented across Jharkhand: Agri secyedit
Business Standard – Online
Renewable energy based lift irrigation schemes will prove to be a game-changer for the agriculture sector in Jharkhand, a top official said. The Jharkhand government has rolled out multiple schemes to boost the agriculture sector and lift irrigation system is one such initiative, Agriculture Secretary Abu Bakar Siddiqui said on Tuesday. Lift irrigation is primarily targeted at the farmers who cannot afford diesel pumps or other traditional boring systems. Siddiqui who visited Simdega to take part in ‘Kisan Samvad Karyakram’, after listening to the experiences of farmers said multiple schemes are being rolled out. He said, “Utilising renewable energy projects for irrigation will help in creating a thriving agro-based economy. Looking at projects implemented by ...
Gramin Agricultural Markets: Two years on, just 6% haats upgradededit
DownToEarth – Online
It has been two years since an ambitious programme to convert 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) was launched. But only 1,251 have come up till now. This is barely six per cent of the target. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told the Lok Sabha that physical infrastructure or facilities had been provided to 1,251 rural haats so far to convert them to GrAMs. Work on 1,553 other village haats was underway. Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh had the highest number of GrAMs completed till date — 245, 163, 127, 111, and 106 respectively, the minister’s reply noted. States like Jharkhand and Maharashtra, with significant farmer populations, had not ...
Paddy in India
AP Government Asks Farmers to Avoid Paddy Cultivation During Rabi Seasonedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
After the Centre made it clear that it would not procure parboiled rice in the forthcoming Rabi season, the Telangana government asked the farmers not to cultivate paddy in the Rabi season. The government has also decided not to allow paddy from other states to land at the procurement centers in the state and directed district collectors and superintendents of police to prevent vehicles carrying paddy from entering into the state. After Telangana, it is now the turn of Andhra Pradesh to persuade its farmers to abandon paddy during the Rabi season in favor of alternate crops such as millets. While urging farmers to shun growing paddy in borewells, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S ...
Stubble Burning
To check stubble burning, monitor policy implementationedit
The Indian Express – Online
Every October and November, parts of north India are engulfed by a dense fog. This is the time when stubble burning takes in farms of the region, especially in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Farmers resort to the practice due to the limited time they have between the harvesting of kharif paddy and sowing of the rabi wheat. They find burning the stubble left in the field to be a cost-effective and quick way to resolve the issue. Studies have shown that besides causing pollution, stubble burning reduces soil fertility in the long run. In 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare developed a National Policy for the Management of Crop Residue. ...