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Farmers eat puffed rice, bananas in unique protest in Karnatakaedit
The New Indian Express – Online
In a unique protest over the delay in procurement of their green gram produce, farmers in Gadag ate puffed rice, snacks and bananas in front of Ron Tahasildar’s office entrance. Many village farmers had come to Ron Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) to sell their green gram produce on tractors and lorries, but the manager has been delaying the process and cited various reasons like shortage of storage space. Farmers waited for three days and slept on their tractor to protect the crop. On Friday evening, they held a rasta roko protest at the APMC and went to the Tahsildar’s office to stage a protest. They sat on a dharna and ate puffed ...
Paddy in India
Paddy Price Increase: पीआर धान के भाव में आई तेजी, 2300 रुपये प्रति क्विंटल तक पहुंचे दामedit
Jagran – Online
कैथल अनाज मंडियों धान का सीजन चला हुआ है। मौसम साफ होने के बाद आवक भी तेज हो गई है। जहां शनिवार को पीआर धान के भाव 2200 रुपये प्रति क्विंटल थे, वहीं रविवार को 100 रुपये तक का उछाल आया है, अब भाव 2300 रुपये प्रति क्विंटल तक पहुंच गई है, वहीं 1509 के भाव 3300 रुपये तक मिल रहे हैं। मुच्छल किस्म का धान भी 3100 से 3200 रुपये प्रति क्विंटल तक बिक रहा है। इस सीजन में शुरुआत से ही धान के अच्छे भाव किसानों को मिल रहे हैं। पिछले साल पीआर धान के भाव एमएसपी से भी कम मिले थे, लेकिन इस बार तो एमएसपी से भी 300 रुपये तक ज्यादा भाव ...
Paddy Farmers in Tamil Nadu Incur Huge Losses After Heavy Pre-Northeast Monsoon Showers Rattle the South Indian Stateedit
The Weather Channel – Online
Heavy showers in several parts of Tamil Nadu have impacted the Kurvai paddy farmers of the state. With the farmers in harvest mode and storing the grains, heavy rains before the advent of the northeast monsoon season by October-end have led to huge losses to the farmers. Kumaresan, a paddy farmer from Erode district of Tamil Nadu, told IANS: “We are in harvest mode now, and the harvesting machines cannot be used in the fields inundated by rainwater. This is going to be our waterloo as the District Procuring Centres will also not take our products as the moisture content is high due to the rains.” It may be noted that if the paddy ...
Stubble Burning
Tales from the farm: ‘Officials don’t care how their solutions hit the sowing cycle’edit
Hindustan Times – Online
Hira Singh and Gurlal Singh, from a prosperous farming family in Sirsa’s Begu village are preparing to harvest their 17-18 PUSA Basmati paddy crop towards the end of this month. They will have to then sow wheat during the 15-day window between November 1 and 15. The brothers will set fire to the paddy stubble as soon as the crop is harvested. The brothers are among the majority of farmers in Punjab and Haryana that will set fire to paddy stubble later this month after the late sowing paddy varieties are harvested. The drive from Haryana’s Hisar to Sirsa and onward to Faridkot district in Punjab is flanked by green, young paddy crop interspersed with ...