Media Monitor
Dairy Farming
Dharmapuri dairy farmers in TN want hay at subsidised priceedit
The recent rain may have given a new lease of life to crops, and people may heave a sigh of relief for getting a break from the heat wave, but dairy farmers are in the lurch due to shortage of hay for their cattle. They have appealed to state government to sell hay at subsidised rate. In Dharmapuri, most farmers depend on the daily revenue earned from milk production. However, the heat wave and monsoon failure last year resulted in shortage of hay.
Farm Mechanization
Marut Drones, IFFCO partner for Drone Spraying Over 5 Lakh Acre Farm Landedit
In a significant move towards revolutionizing agricultural practices in India, the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has entered a strategic partnership with Marut Dronetech Private Limited to undertake Drone as a Service (DAAS) operations across an extensive area of 5 lakh acres. This collaboration marks a pivotal step towards creating rural entrepreneurs, enhancing agricultural productivity and bringing Drone technology to the states of Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Telangana.
Paddy in India
Telangana government to buy wet paddy at MSP, promises Uttam Reddyedit
Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday announced that the government will help the distressed farmers who were adversely affected due to untimely rains. He also said that they will procure the rain-affected paddy at minimum support price (MSP) relaxing the existing specifications.
HC: Seal restaurant and resort on paddy fields at Canaconaedit
The high court of Bombay at Goa has directed the Canacona Municipal Council’s chief officer and the South Goa deputy collector to seal the restaurant and resort operating on paddy fields at Nagorcem, Palolem, within the next two days. The division bench comprising justices Mahesh Sonak and Valmiki S A Menezes told the deputy collector to inspect the site since there is a complaint about the lack of a conversion sanad.