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...
02 Jul, 2023, 02.14 PM IST
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...
03 Dec, 2019, 06.48 PM IST
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...
24 Mar, 2017, 07.04 PM IST
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...
10 Jan, 2016, 05.21 PM IST
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...
01 Nov, 2015, 04.09 PM IST
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...
03 Oct, 2015, 02.45 PM IST
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...
15 Sep, 2015, 05.08 PM IST
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...
05 Jun, 2015, 08.25 PM IST
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 ...
26 Apr, 2015, 05.53 PM IST
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...
12 Dec, 2014, 02.53 PM IST
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...
02 Nov, 2014, 12.10 PM IST
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 ...
29 Sep, 2014, 07.06 PM IST
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 ...
01 Nov, 2013, 08.43 PM IST
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...
30 Sep, 2013, 05.56 PM IST
- PAU advisory for cotton growers about emerging diseases
Cotton growers in Punjab are facing problems of physiological disorders on the crop such as ‘parawilt and tirak’,which are not pathogen in ...
05 Jul, 2011, 03.29 PM IST
- Punjab farmers to ship 5K tonne potato to Russia
Potato growers in Jalandhar have inked deal with Russian businessmen to export the tuber. The first consignment is expected to leave Jaland...
15 Feb, 2011, 12.58 AM IST
- Cabinet likely to approve concession on rice export ban
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Nath met yesterday and agreed to exempt from export ban all expensive varieties of non-basmati rice.
24 Oct, 2007, 03.50 PM IST