The Indian Express, Author at AgriInsite

After paddy, wheat woes for Punjab farmers: sowing 3 days away, DAP shortage hits hard

Punjab is facing a 30% shortage of Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizer, essential for the upcoming wheat sowing season. While the Centre has...

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Sugar News in English

Why farm distress may be less of a poll issue in Maharashtra this time

The November 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections come amid a shift in agrarian conditions. Unlike the drought-stressed 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha elections,...

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Rice News in English

Punjab farmers bearing the brunt of loss as parties resort to blame game over slow paddy lifting

The Punjab government's delay in notifying the Fortified Rice Kernels Milling Policy has caused a two-and-a-half-month halt in rice milling, leading to...

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Rice News in English

Amid stand-off with Mann govt, Punjab rice millers say called by Centre for talks

Farmers blocked a road in Patiala on October 21, 2024, protesting delayed paddy lifting. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann had given rice millers...

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Rice News in English

Arhtiyas ask farmers to compensate grain weight loss: 3 extra bags per 100 procured

Punjab farmers are struggling during the paddy harvesting season, facing losses due to procurement delays and lack of storage. Many are forced...

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Rice News in English

Glut in Punjab mandis as rice shellers offer storage but refuse to mill paddy

Rice shellers in Punjab are refusing to mill government-procured paddy, causing congestion in mandis. While they offer to store the grain, they...

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Rice News in English

Odisha : IRRI bats for mechanised direct seeded rice practice

Scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have recommended that farmers adopt mechanized direct seeded rice (DSR) practices to replace traditional...

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Sugar News in English

Sweet tidings? Maharashtra sugar barons make beeline for Opposition MVA

Ahead of the Assembly elections, political activity is intensifying among Maharashtra's sugar barons, particularly those managing cooperative sugar mills. Notably, the Opposition...