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Agriculture Industry
Wheat Worries: Standing guard over future pandemicsedit
Wheat blast is a fast-acting and deadly fungal disease that threatens food safety and security in tropical areas of South America and South Asia. Wheat blast can damage the grain in less than a week from the development of the first symptoms, leaving farmers no time to act.
Competition
Escorts Kubota to increase prices of tractors, shares gainedit
Shares of Escorts Kubota rose over 2% in early deals on Monday after tractor maker and seller said the company would increase the prices of its tractors effective May 1, 2024 onwards. The increase in prices would vary across models/variants and geographies, it added. The stock of the tractor maker zoomed 98% in two years and rallied 168% in three years. In the last one year, the multibagger stock has gained 61.75% and fallen 3% in six months.