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Agriculture Industry
Haryana wants farmers to grow pulses, oilseeds in place of bajraedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Haryana government has decided to promote cultivation of pulses and oilseeds in place of bajra in seven bajra-growing districts — Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Mahendergarh, Rewari, Jhajjar, Hisar and Nuh — in the southern part of state under the crop diversification scheme. A target has been set to grow pulses and oilseed crops on at least one lakh acres across the state. Additional chief secretary, agriculture, Sumita Misra said the central government has increased the MSP for pulses and oilseeds. She said that under this scheme, pulses, including moong, arhar and urad and oilseed crops, including castor, groundnut and sesame, can be cultivated. Financial assistance of ₹4,000 per acre will also be provided to the farmers ...
Agriculture can make U.P. a trillion-dollar economy in next five years: Yogiedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that agriculture and allied sectors could play a key role in making Uttar Pradesh a trillion-dollar economy in next five years. Agriculture, he pointed out, had immense potential for growth in the state. Yogi was addressing a seminar on “Roadmap for Development of Agriculture and Allied Sector in Uttar Pradesh,” with top agriculture scientists and progressive farmers, among others, participating in the programme. “There are immense possibilities for growth of agriculture in UP and this potential can be tripled in five years if agriculture scientists, entrepreneurs of agri products and progressive farmers join hands,” he said. “The importance of agriculture was very much evident during the pandemic when ...
Agriculture has seen turnaround in Telangana due to efforts of state govt: Srinivas Goudedit
The Siasat Daily – Online
Agriculture in Telangana has seen a turnaround after state formation in 2014 due to the efforts of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, state Sports, Tourism and Excise Minister V Srinivas Goud said on Friday. Goud, who was speaking at a preparatory meeting for the rainy season crop for farmers in Mahabubnagar and Narayanpet districts, spoke about the problems faced in agriculture sector in Telangana in undivided Andhra Pradesh, a release said. He spoke about the discrimination against Telangana in undivided Andhra Pradesh before 2014. Agriculture has witnessed a major positive change in Telangana with supply of 24×7 free power supply and provision of abundant irrigation facilities to the farmers, he said. He said farmers ...
CLAAS Global Mentions
CLAAS introduces new tractor with front-wheel/rear-track designedit
Farm Ranch – Online
Andrea Johnson For farmers who want the strength and capability associated with CLAAS equipment, the Axion 960 Terra Trac and Axion 930 Terra Trac – the first half-track tractors – are now available in the North American market. A prototype of the CLAAS half-track tractor with full suspension was unveiled at Agritechnica 2017, held in Hanover, Germany. A market launch occurred in Europe in 2019. On June 14, 2022, CLAAS introduced the Axion half-track tractor to U.S. dealers, who have been waiting for the two new models. In 2019, CLAAS also set a goal to double its business in the United States through new product innovations and an expanded CLAAS dealer network. “These products are ...
Technology in Agriculture
In agriculture, technological advancement will usher in a new era of IoT sensors and smart farming in 2022edit
Inventiva – Online
In agriculture, technological advancement will usher in a new era of IoT sensors and smart farming in 2022 Traditionally, agriculture areas have only ever been shown as pastoral, peaceful settings unaffected by contemporary life. Farms all over the world are embracing technology innovations at a greater rate than ever before, though, and gradually losing their traditional appearance. The difficulties brought on by climate change, declining agricultural yields, unexpected epidemics, and the dwindling supply of natural resources like water and arable land are mostly to blame for this. This has hastened transformation and ushered in the era of IoT in agriculture and smart farming, along with the reality that the globe will need to produce 70% more ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
India’s rice planting down 46% from last year over weak monsoon startedit
Business Standard – Online
Indian farmers have planted 1.96 million hectares with summer-sown rice so far, farm ministry data showed on Friday, down 46% from last year mainly due to a weak start to the monsoon. The outlook is better, however, as the monsoon has gathered steam. Summer rains have covered more than half of the country, with the rainfall deficit getting narrowed to 2% from 36%. The planting has just started, and the area under rice could go up with a pick-up in monsoon rains, said B.V. Krishna Rao, president of the All India Rice Exporters Association. Farmers generally start planting rice, corn, cotton, soybeans, sugarcane and peanuts, among other crops, from June, when monsoon rains typically arrive ...
Paddy in India
Telangana ministers meet to review paddy procurement processedit
The Siasat Daily – Online
Telangana minister of finance Harish Rao along with minister for civil supplies Gangula Kamalakar held a meeting on Friday with chief secretary Somesh Kumar and other officials of the civil supplies department at BRKR Bhavan. The ministers reviewed the paddy procurement situation in the state. Officials were directed to prepare a comprehensive note on paddy procurement and be prepared with all the relevant information for the chief minister’s meeting which is likely to be convened shortly. MLC and Telangana Rythu Bandhu chairman Palla Rajeswar Reddy, commissioner civil supplies Anil Kumar and other officials attended the meeting. According to an official statement released last week, the state government procured 14.1 million tonnes from over 21 ...