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Record breaking machinery sale at Harrison and Hetheringtonedit
The Scottish Farmer – Online
A record breaking sale of more than 1.2million was turned over at the recent online monthly timed machinery sale staged through Harrison and Hetherington, with 817 lots coming under the hammer. The sale topped at £105,400 for a Claas Lexion 650 combine and header from TD Wight Contracting LTD, with the second farm sale from Messrs Batty, East Farm, peaking at £32,300 for a John Deere 3650 tractor. Out with the farm sale a Herron 14 ton silage trailer sold for £19,750. TD Wight Contracting Ltd – £105,400 Claas Lexion 650 combine and header; £100,000 Claas Jaguar 980 forage harvester; £78,100 JCB 435S loader shovel; £55,000 Fendt 828 vario; £48,500 Krone bigpack baler; £40,000 ...
Competition
TAFE’s Eicher brand launches Prima G3 tractors for progressive farmersedit
ET Auto – Online
TAFE’s tractor brand Eicher on Monday launched the Prima G3 Series – a premium range of tractors targeted at the new-age farmer, in the 40-60 hp range. The all-new tractors offer premium styling with world-class design, progressive technology with form, fit and function and perfect comfort with elevated seat, spacious flooring, and one-touch front open bonnet, the tractor manufacturer said in a release. “The launch of the PRIMA G3, brings to the progressive farmers of a modern India, more productivity, comfort and ease to match their new aspirations, and offers an enhanced value proposition that Eicher has always promised,” Mallika Srinivasan, CMD, TAFE, said. The new Prime G3 comes with an aerodynamic hood and offers ...
Govt. Policies
PM Kisan Yojana: Government Sends Notice for Recovery of Money to 2700 Farmers of This Stateedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
At a time when farmers are eagerly waiting for the 11th Installment of PM Kisan Yojana, the UP government has sent notice for recovery of money to more than 2500 farmers. The government officials informed that these farmers were not eligible for the scheme but still taking benefits from it. The Agriculture Department in Hardoi, UP is strictly dealing with ineligible people who have taken advantage of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. In fact, these people were also taking advantage of the amount given to the farmers under the scheme. These ineligible people included income tax payers, landless and deceased. After disclosure during a routine verification, the department has started the process of recovery ...
Haryana farmers to get Rs 10,000 per acre for growing fodder under ‘Chaara-Bijaee Yojana’edit
The Statesman – Online
Haryana agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister JP Dalal on Tuesday said the state government is launching ‘Chaara-Bijaee Yojana” (fodder cultivation scheme) for farmers. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the officers of the agriculture department, horticulture department, animal husbandry department, and Haryana Agriculture University today, Dalal said under Chaara-Bijaee Yojana if a farmer grows fodder on up to 10 acres of land around the gaushalas (shelter homes for cows) and provides it to the gaushalas through mutual consent, the state government will provide Rs 10,000 per acre assistance. This amount will be transferred to the accounts of farmers through DBT (direct benefit transfer). The minister said while farmers will also be benefited from the ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Widespread rains help summer paddy, early Kuruvai cultivation in Thanjavuredit
The New Indian Express – Online
Widespread rains across the district in the early hours on Tuesday came as a help to farmers who have cultivated summer paddy and those who have gone in for early Kuruvai paddy cultivation. Places like Tirukkattupalli and Budalur received heavy rain, while other parts also got good showers. S Sivakumar, a farmer from Tiruvaiyaru area, said, “The rain will help summer paddy already transplanted and the nurseries being raised for Kuruvai in our area. Though in some places young nurseries have been submerged, water has started to recede.” Welcoming the rain, AKR Ravichander of Ammayagaram said, “As there has been interruption in power supply for farm connections, we could not pump water to ...
Paddy in India
Will start transplanting paddy early: Farm groupsedit
The Times of India – Online
Two days after 16 farm groups announced to start paddy transplantation from June 10, over a week before the state government’s schedule, the 23 farm groups from Punjab which are part of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha held a meeting with Punjab power minister Harbhajan Singh on Tuesday and urged him to start uninterrupted power supply for the farm sector from June 10. The farmers insisted they were ready to start paddy transplantation from the date. They also warned of starting an indefinite protest in Chandigarh from May 17 if paddy transplantation was not allowed from June 10. The state government, by dividing the state into four zones, has fixed paddy transplantation dates from June ...
Crop switching to cause loss of 29L acres paddyedit
The Times of India – Online
A significant shift in cropping patterns in the state would result in the loss of 29 lakh acres of paddy extent in just one year. The state government has decided to reduce the paddy extent by 12 lakh acres in the coming Kharif season, from 62 lakh acres last Kharif season to just 50 lakh acres this season, as the sowing is to begin shortly. Paddy extent was reduced by 17 lakh acres during the Rabi season, with harvest ready and procurement underway. In light of paddy procurement issues and lower demand for rice in other states, the agriculture department is encouraging farmers to grow other crops. As per the new cultivation plan ...
Punjab agriculture department withdraws order allowing private dealers to sell PR 126 at MRPedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The Punjab agriculture department on Tuesday withdrew its order to allow seed dealers to sell the PR 126 short-duration variety of paddy crop on “unregulated” maximum retail price (MRP) following opposition from farmers’ unions that demanded the state government to provide the seeds directly to agriculturists and check its hoarding and black marketing by private players. During a meeting of seed dealers with director agriculture Gurwinder Singh on the department’s order to crack down on the black marketing of the PR126 seeds in Chandigarh on Monday, the director had verbally allowed the dealers to sell the seeds at ₹100 per kg, which is around the same price as the MRP, a department official said. Following ...
Stubble Burning
Stubble burning: Agri chief recommends action against farmers in Ludhianaedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Conducting an inquiry against the farmers who deliberately set fire to wheat straw, it was found by the officials of the department of agriculture and farmers’ welfare that the field was set on fire by the farmers in Gehelwal and Bagga Khurd village. Chief agriculture officer Narinder Singh Benipal informed that acting on the directions of deputy commissioner Surabhi Malik, the inquiry was conducted. Benipal said a letter has been written to the sub-divisional magistrate, chief environment engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, and the concerned police station’s in-charge to take action. He appealed to the group of farmers to maintain the fertility of the land by adopting in-situ technique, which involves ploughing the wheat straw ...