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Heavy rains hit paddy, cotton crops hardIn Punjab, paddy growing is preferred in low-lying areas to ensure additional availability of water but it has caused water logging in such...- High earnings last year drive farmers to grow more basmatiForecast of normal monsoon in India is also enticing farmers to grow the crop.
- Demand for cotton seeds in Punjab down 20-30% from year ago, say companiesCotton, largely BT cotton, was grown over 122 lakh hectares in India in 2017-18. In recent years, pest infestation, high input costs and dr...
- Wheat yield boosts government purchase in IndiaDespite record procurement in Northern states the total figure is expected to marginally surpass the estimate, maintains Food Corporation o...
- Unseasonal rain damages crops in north IndiaThe weather office expects clear skies for a few days but another weather system is heading for the hilly states of northern India early ne...
- Wheat output may witness marginal squeeze due to weather in NorthWheat-harvesting has trickled up in the current week in Uttar Pradesh, largest producer of the cereal in India. The official wheat procurem...
- Delhi's air quality may improve as UP, Haryana, Punjab take steps to discourage stubble burningThe situation was so bad late last year that the Capital was referred to as a gas chamber by health experts, forcing authorities to declare...
- Temprature drop in north India creates bright prospects for Wheat productionThere has been appreciable fall in day and night temperatures since Wednesday going below normal in Punjab, with light to moderate rains.
- Late winter rains lower demonetisation pains for farmersLack of rains in November and December, this season, had increased the temperature by few degrees from normal.
- Wheat imports to continue this seasonWith carry forward stock going to be lesser than last year the industry would be forced to rely on imports, said Prerana Desai, vicepreside...
- Paddy procurement in full swing in Punjab, HaryanaThe procurement in the current marketing season is expected to increase 20% compared to last year's in the two states that provide 65-70% o...
- Delhi pollution: It will cost Rs 11,000 cr over years to combat the situation, says Punjab governmentThe Punjab government said it will cost Rs 11,000 cr over years to combat the situation while experts said the use of harvesters, which lea...
- Punjab approves two new varieties of wheat and celery for cultivation in the statePunjab government said that the variety PBW 725 of bread wheat has been released for cultivation in the state under irrigated timely sown c...
- Basmati rice to lose acreage due to fluctuation in priceThe expected fluctuation in the price of Basmati rice is likely to see the aromatic long-grain variety lose acreage this kharif season to t...
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