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Unseasonal rain hits Wayanad’s rice and coffee harvests

Wayanad's rice farmers face harvest challenges due to unseasonal rains making fields too slushy for combined harvesters. Traditional organic rice varieties like...

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Maize News in English

Officials inspect pest infested maize crop farms in Madurai

Following complaints of pest infestation and poor maize crop growth in Peraiyur and T. Kallupatti, district agricultural officials and AC&RI professors inspected...

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Sugar News in English

Tamil Nadu : Sugarcane farmers want procurement price increased to ₹5,500

Sugarcane farmers in Tamil Nadu demand an increase in the procurement price from ₹3,300 to ₹5,500 per tonne, citing rising input costs...

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Maize News in English

TamilNadu :Maize farmers demand compensation for damaged crops

Farmers from Nallamaram panchayat near Peraiyur in Madurai district petitioned Collector M.S. Sangeetha for compensation after suffering crop losses. Due to scanty...

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Ethanol & Bioenergy News in English

Telangana : Ethanol factory permissions cleared through TS-iPASS in 2023 under BRS regime: officials

The ethanol plant in Dilawarpur, Nirmal district, became controversial over approvals granted by the previous Telangana government. While the Centre approved only...

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Rice News in English

640 metric tonnes of seized PDS rice to be shipped to West Africa upon bank guarantee

In a recent development, 640 metric tonnes of rice, originally supplied through the Public Distribution System (PDS), was seized by the Department...

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Maize News in English

Tamil Nadu : Extend cut-off date for registering maize crops under PMFBY, say farmers

Farmers in Madurai district and nearby areas, mainly in Peraiyur, Tirumangalam, and Usilampatti taluks, seek an extension for insuring maize crops under...