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Agriculture Industry
Total Horticulture production estimated to be 342.33 million tonnes in the year 2021-22edit
Krishi Jagat – Online
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India has released the 3rd Advance Estimates of the area and production of various horticultural crops for the year 2021-22. According to this estimate, a record 342.33 million tonnes are estimated to be produced in an area of 28.08 million hectares. The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar has congratulated the farmers, scientists and officers of horticulture for this achievement.
CLAAS Global Mentions
Balers for 2023: Claas introduces Variant 500-series balersedit
The Scottish Farmer – Online
Larger tyre options to minimise soil compaction, easier routine maintenance access and a fresh appearance are among the changes embodied in the latest Claas Variant round balers, covering bale sizes from 0.9m to 1.6m and up to 1.8m. But the most significant enhancement is a new density control arrangement that brings greater adjustability within the core and outer layers of the bale, as well as a higher density potential overall. The Variant 500 series replaces the current 400 series with two non-crop chopping models using the Roto Feed single-tine spiral intake rotor and two crop slicing versions with the twin-blade Roto Cut rotor and 17 retractable knives – up from 14 on 400-series balers.
Paddy in India
Kharif paddy procurement nightmare haunts TS govtedit
Deccan Chronicle – Online
The state government is facing a severe financial crunch to purchase paddy grown in the recently concluded kharif season. As against the requirement of nearly Rs 20,000 crore, the Civil Supplies Corporation has only Rs 3,500 crore, according to official sources. Every year the government borrows from banks to purchase paddy and repays the money after the Food Corporation of India (FCI) reimburses the amount. This year, the banks are unwilling to lend loans as the state government is yet to repay Rs 34,000 in loans from 2014-15. The government has set itself a target to procure one crore tonnes of paddy for kharif, as the crop was sown in around 65 lakh acres, the ...
Stubble Burning
Prayagraj dist admin intensifies efforts to prevent stubble burningedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The district administration has made elaborate preparations to prevent air pollution due to stubble burning in the agricultural fields of Prayagraj. For close and constant monitoring, committees have been constituted at different levels — from district to tehsil — for the task. The responsibility of the district-level committee has been entrusted to the additional district magistrate (finance and revenue) Jagdamba Singh. He is also the district nodal officer in charge of all affairs related to natural disasters, said officials. Besides, the sub-divisional magistrate concerned has been appointed the chairman of the tehsil-level committees with the circle officer concerned as its member, they added. Earlier, there was a guideline for registering FIRs for burning stubble in ...
Punjab crosses the 10,000 mark of stubble burning by recording over 2,000 fires on Fridayedit
The Indian Express – Online
While Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Friday said at Nawanshahr that the Punjab government has made available 1.33 lakh agricultural implements to the farmers on subsidy to manage the stubble, to the farmers. On the same day, Punjab crossed 10,000 stubble-burning cases on Friday when in a single day the state recorded over 2000 stubble-burning incidents. The state has recorded a 26.5% increase in burning cases as compared to last year during the same corresponding period. On Friday 2,067 cases were recorded and with this, the sketch stars total cases rose to 10214 against 7503 last year during the same time from September 15 to October 28 year 44 days. On Friday ...