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Agriculture Industry
Heat pushes wheat yields to 20-year lowedit
Hindustan Times – Online
As temperatures soared past 40 degrees Celsius in March , the hottest on record, wheat farmer Gurbaksh Nagi of Punjab’s Mansa district noticed that stalks of maturing grains in his field had turned brown from golden yellow, a sign they had shriveled from extreme heat. Now, official data from crop-cutting experiments, which help scientists determine yields, show the extent of damage. A scorching summer linked to climate crisis in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, three breadbasket states, saw wheat productivity decline the most in two decades, official data show. This year’s losses come on the heels of a similar heatwave in 2010 and a milder one in 2019. The perilous impacts on the staple signal ...
Agriculture, allied sectors see significant growth in Telangana: Govtedit
Telangana Today – Online
Fisheries, dairy and other sectors allied to agriculture have achieved significant progress in Telangana since its formation in 2014, the State government said on Monday. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who often stresses on the importance of agriculture, had allocated thousands of crores of rupees in the budget during the last eight years for the development of livestock, an official release said. The livestock wealth was worth Rs 24,878 crore in 2013 and it rose to Rs 94,400 crore by 2021-22, it said. In sheep-rearing, the number of sheep increased from 1.28 crore in 2012 to 1.91 crore in 2019. Milk production grew from 42.07 lakh tonnes in 2013-14 to 60.99 lakh tonnes in 2021-22. ...
Competition
Solis Yanmar to Launch 3 New Models Strengthens as a Leading Tractor Exports Brand from India in Turkeyedit
The Week – Online
Solis Yanmar, the flagship brand of International Tractors Limited, has been significantly expanding its market presence not just in India but across the globe. After making a grand debut in 2013 in Turkey – the 4th world’s largest tractor market, the premium tractor brand now strongly holds the No.1 tractor exports position in the country. Powered by its advanced technology equipped tractor range, the company is also the fastest growing tractor brand in the Turkey. Banking on the 100 years of Japanese technology experience, Solis Yanmar is now fully prepared to remain ahead of the competition market and expand its compact tractor range with launch of 3 new models in up to 30 HP segment ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Sporadic rain helps summer paddyedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Summer (Kodai) paddy season has come to an end with crops in more than 90% of the area being harvested. Thanks to the sporadic rains in the last few weeks, which aided the completion of the season with a yield recorded more compared to previous years. “An average of 5.5 to 6 tonnes of paddy per hectare was harvested this season as against four tons per hectare usually,” said Joint Director of Agriculture Vivekanandan. Ten DPCs have been opened in the district. Sporadic rains have doubled the cultivation area of summer (Kodai) paddy from 4,000 hectares to 8,200 hectares this year. The season begins in late February and concludes in June. The rains ...
Kharif cultivation area shrinks 8% as monsoon off to a slow startedit
Moneycontrol – Online
A slow start to monsoon rains has led to an 8 percent decline in the area under cultivation of kharif crops this season over the same period last year. According to data from the National Food Security Mission, only 99.63 lakh hectare area was sown by June 17 compared to the 108.29 lakh hectares sown a year ago. The June-September rains are the lifeblood of Indian agriculture, watering almost half of the country’s farmland that doesn’t have access to irrigation. This is the period when summer crops such as rice, cane, corn, cotton and soya bean are planted. Both rice and coarse cereals have seen more than a 30 percent decline in area under cultivation ...