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From export bans to price crashes: Why onion farmers need more than buffer stock purchasesRecent hikes in procurement price have provided little relief, according to stakeholders, as onion farmers argue that prices are still belo...- Ludhiana MBA graduates ditch corporate jobs to grow Kashmir’s ‘red gold’ saffron, sell it for Rs 12 lakh/kg. Here's how they did itTwo MBA graduates from Punjab's Ludhiana are making headlines for achieving a remarkable feat, cultivating premium Kashmiri saffron indoors...
- India's domination of global rice trade stokes looming water crisisIndia's booming rice exports are depleting groundwater in key agricultural states, forcing farmers to drill deeper borewells at increasing ...
- Punjab targets to bring 20 pc more area under basmatiThe Punjab agriculture department is planning to increase the area under basmati crop by over 20 per cent in the current sowing season, wit...
- Potato cultivation dips in Northern IndiaUsually potato growers are rooted to its cultivation and are not swayed by volatility in price. “But in the few years wholesale potato pric...
- Potato growers seek tuber export to PakistanThe traders in Punjab are wary of losses this season due to the higher domestic output of potato and prevailing low wholesale prices of the...
- Higher temperatures during winter can hit wheat crop: ExpertsComparatively higher temperatures during the ongoing winters have become a cause of concern for the wheat-growers in Punjab and Haryana wit...
- Basmati growers fetch low prices, allege cartelisationBasmati growers are in for a shock as popular aromatic rice varieties like PUSA 1121 are fetching "far lower" prices than what they got las...
- Farmers' union rejects Punjab government's compensation for cotton crop lossFarmer leaders said that they would continue their protest in all the districts of the state by staging sit-ins in front of district admini...
- Cotton prices likely to remain 'low' on good yieldIndustry experts said raw cotton prices are also unlikely to remain higher this season as textile sector in the country was not in good sha...
- What will you give to Punjab, Punjab Congress asks Narendra Modi"We want to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi what he will give to farmers of Punjab when he comes to Anandpur Sahib on June 19," Punjab Con...
- Heaps of wheat lying in mandis, farmers selling below MSPAlready bearing the brunt of freak weather, farmers are also being forced to sell their crop below MSP rate of Rs 1,450 a quintal at a few ...
- Urea supply: Wheat growers in Punjab, Haryana resort to panic buyingAs per reports, farmers protested against the "shortage" of urea at Cheeka area in Kaithal district of Haryana and blocked traffic yesterda...
- Basmati growers in Punjab and Haryana complain of not getting remunerative pricesBasmati growers in Punjab and Haryana say they feel let down due to the government and trade "cartels" not ensuring remunerative prices for...
- Lower basmati prices due to softening of international rates: Punjab governmentPunjab basmati growers have been complaining about not getting "remunerative" rates this season similar to what crop prices prevailed last ...
- Norms for paddy procurement relaxed for Punjab growersThe Union Food Ministry today raised the 4 per cent norm for damage and discolouration for paddy crop to 12 per cent, a senior official of ...
- Punjab, Haryana eyeing 166 LT paddy purchase this seasonAs paddy procurement starts tomorrow, Punjab and Haryana are eyeing to purchase 166 lakh tonnes of the crop for central pool for kharif mar...
- PAU advisory for cotton growers about emerging diseasesCotton growers in Punjab are facing problems of physiological disorders on the crop such as ‘parawilt and tirak’,which are not pathogen in ...
- Punjab farmers to ship 5K tonne potato to RussiaPotato growers in Jalandhar have inked deal with Russian businessmen to export the tuber. The first consignment is expected to leave Jaland...
- Cabinet likely to approve concession on rice export banAgriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Nath met yesterday and agreed to exempt from export ban all expensive varieties of non-basmati rice.
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