All posts tagged "Punjab government"
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77Wheat News in EnglishStorage blues for Punjab as wheat arrivals near 100 LMT
Punjab’s wheat procurement nears 100 LMT, but storage shortages and slow lifting (only ~34%) are creating mandi congestion. High damaged grain (35%)...
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87Wheat News in EnglishPunjab : Cabinet Minister reviews wheat procurement at Khanna grain market
Punjab minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond reviewed wheat procurement at Khanna mandi, where over 7.4 lakh quintals arrived and 61% lifted. The government...
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100Wheat News in EnglishPakistan : Punjab to lift wheat purchase quota to hit procurement goal
Punjab is struggling to meet its 3 million ton wheat procurement target due to limited aggregators and bank financing issues. The government...
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308Maize News in EnglishPunjab : Maize sown in 900 ha, target was 1500 ha
Punjab’s Agriculture Department has so far brought only 900 hectares under kharif maize cultivation, falling short of its 1,500-hectare target. Officials cite...
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625Maize News in EnglishPunjab : Village panchayat offers free maize seeds to curb paddy cultivation, save groundwater
Ransih Kalan village in Punjab’s Moga district has launched a campaign encouraging farmers to shift from water-intensive paddy to kharif maize. The...
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606Rice News in EnglishPunjab Govt urges farmers to use PR 126 variety of paddy
The Punjab Government has banned the sale, storage, and cultivation of long-maturing rice varieties like Pusa 44 and certain hybrids, following PAU’s...
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541Maize News in EnglishPunjab : Pilot project to replace paddy with water-saving kharif maize ‘too little, too late’: experts
A Punjab government pilot project promoting a shift from paddy to kharif maize in six districts has faced criticism from experts. They...
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758Maize News in EnglishPunjab plans to diversify 12k hectares of paddy area to kharif maize crop this year
The Punjab government has launched a pilot project to shift 12,000 hectares from paddy to kharif maize cultivation in six districts—Bathinda, Sangrur,...
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755Rice News in EnglishPunjab : Malwa farmers not keen to sow paddy in dry conditions
Farmers in Punjab's Malwa region are delaying early paddy transplanting despite government approval from June 1. Citing dry conditions, lack of canal...
