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Agriculture Industry
Kharif acreage nears last year’s level, except for paddy and pulsesedit
Business Standard – Online
The area under paddy was 4.97 per cent less than last year during the week ended September 9 at 39.37 million hectares, which is almost equal to the normal area covered under the crop in the Kharif season. The normal area is the average area of the past five years starting 2017. This comes to 39.7 million hectares in the case of paddy. The Centre has clamped export curbs on several paddy varieties as it feels that total production might drop by 10-12 million tonnes due to delayed sowing. Overall, till this week, which is almost the fag end of the season, all Kharif crops have been sown on around 108.41 million hectares, a million ...
CLAAS Global Mentions
Machinery Focus: 25 years of Claas Xerion and its revolving cabedit
Agriland – Online
Germany has a strong association with systems tractors, stemming from a long held view that tractors are multipurpose vehicles rather than the more focused machines favoured by pre-war Anglo American manufacturers. Lanz, amongst others, was typical of this approach, often creating two variants of a single model, one equipped for field work and the other set up for road haulage, a feature which saw the continent adopt the habit of four-wheel trailers as opposed to single or twin axle items, a custom it still retains. Multi-role tractors The years following the conflict saw tractors being imported from the US and elsewhere. Naturally these had an influence on home-grown designs although the provision of a seat on ...
Paddy in India
Punjab sets target to procure 187 lakh tonnes of paddyedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Punjab’s food and civil supplies department has set a target of procuring 187.28 lakh tonnes of paddy in the upcoming kharif procurement scheduled to begin on October 1 till November 30. The state requires roughly ₹46,000 crore for procurement to be raised in form of a cash credit limit (CCL) from the Centre to pay minimum support price (MSP) of ₹2,040 per quintal. The outlay involves cost of transport, cartage and other miscellaneous expenses required in the massive procurement and lifting process. The Punjab finance department has moved the requisition for CCL before the RBI. The expenditure pegged for paddy in the upcoming season is same as what was spent in 2020 when all-time high ...
Stubble Burning
Stubble Burning: Central Govt. Refuses to Give Cash Incentive to Farmers, Says Bhagwant Mannedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
On Saturday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann told media that the Central government has reportedly turned down the Punjab government’s proposal of contributing to the cash incentive to farmers for not burning stubble. This development follows the Punjab government’s proposal to pay paddy farmers Rs.2,500 per acre. According to a report from PTI, the government had proposed that the Centre pay 1,500 per acre while Punjab and Delhi governments would be responsible for paying Rs.1,000 per acre. It is important to note that the paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is one of the reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital in October and November as farmers set ...