CEOs need to accelerate their action plans to safeguard the production of commodities critical to the global population and economy as heat stress and drought risk rise around the world, according to PwC's report, Climate Risks to Nine Key Commodities: Protecting People and Prosperity, published. The report, which analysed nine …
TWO years of high-priced imports in 2006 and 2007, one year of record output at 78.5 million tonnes and now, slam dunk into subsidised exports of massive central stocks. The United States department of agriculture
Govt agencies assessing loss Fatehgarh Sahib/Rajpura/ Khanna/Patiala: Widespread rains and squall damaged ready-to-harvest and harvested wheat crop in various villages of Fatehgarh Sahib, Rajpura, Khanna and Patiala. Agriculture department officials say the damage to this extent was reported around 10 years ago. Most places experienced high to moderate rain before …
While Buys From Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan Zoom, UP Logs Slow Pace Our Bureau NEW DELHI MORE than a week into the wheat-buying season, purchases from Uttar Pradesh are yet to pick up pace, as the government
This sleepy town of Malwa has emerged as a centre of pilgrimage for farmers from across the country. The tractor-mounted reapers used for harvesting wheat, paddy, mustard, soyabean, Jawar, millet and maize, etc, manufactured by local innovative skilled workers, have been a hit in almost all states. Many farmers from …
Wheat worth crores goes waste Wheat worth thousands of crores that go waste every year could be put to productive use by a simple value addition. However, for the past three decades, the successive state governments have failed to act on proposals and recommendations of scientists and farmers to set …
Light to moderate rain accompanied by hailstorm at some places in Punjab has devastated wheat and other crops in about 50-60 villages. Hailstorm has almost wiped out wheat and other crops in about 23 villages, 17 villages of Fatehgarh Sahib and six of Patiala district. Wheat crop has been devastated …
Chandigarh: Though Punjab has put elaborate arrangements in place for wheat procurement, it is weather which has been the random factor in both paddy and wheat seasons since the past one year. High moisture content in wheat led to slow procurement in mandis of Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, Ludhiana, Sangrur and …
Wheat Acreage May Drop 7%; Corn By 1% & Cotton By 7% AFP NEW YORK SCALDED by the financial crisis, which has driven crop prices down after several auspicious years, US farmers have let their lands lie fallow this year in hopes of securing some savings. In its annual report …
Rice-wheat cropping system is most popular among the farmers in eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of India. The adoption of reduced and zero tillage seed drill of rice and wheat can improve the timeliness of sowing and help farmers. Keeping this in view ZTSD (Zero tillage seed drill) was introduced by KVK's …
Field experiment for evaluation of border-check method of irrigation was conducted with wheat crop on sandy loam soils at Water Technology Centre, New Delhi. Four basins of different aspect ratios (width/length) were evaluated. An inflow cutoff criterion for each basin was selected based on cutoff at the completion of advance …
Location of a gene active against rust diseases pinpointed COME winter and wheat plants might exhibit symptoms every farmer dreads. The leaves and stems show small orange to brown flecks that soon enlarge and spread. The infected parts mature and go from brown to black. Gradually the plant withers and …
The district administration has decided to take tough action against night harvesting of wheat through combine harvesters and burning of wheat straw in the fields resulting in environmental pollution. Farmers and combine owners violating the directions will face strict action. In a press note issued here today, Deputy Commissioner Amneet …
Overcast sky, strong surface winds, incessant rains and a drop in both day and night temperatures during the past 24 hours have been a cause of worry for farmers of Punjab and Haryana as their rabi crops are almost ready for harvest. It is the second successive spell of inclement …
Conservation Agriculture In yet another step towards popularising conservation agriculture among the farmers of the region, the Punjab Agro Foodgrains Corporation (PAFC) has demonstrated cultivation of wheat using minimalist tillage technology. The wheat has been grown on 120 acres of PAFC farmland in Ladhowal, Ludhiana.
Ludhiana: Woes of wheat growers refuse to end. First it was bad weather and now when the crop is on the threshold of harvest, heavy rains and the high velocity winds hit the state on Friday. Besides the inclement weather, the yellow rust has also crashed the state
Wheat stocks are rising again, well beyond the minimum required, and a large procurement is expected from the 2009-10 wheat marketing season that begins on 1 April. India appears set once again for yet another phase of rising stocks, mounting carrying costs, and a crisis of plenty. The volatile cycles …
The Punjab government will start the procurement of wheat from April 1. All preparations in this regard are complete. Expecting higher yields as compared to last year, the Department of Food and Supply has increased the number of mandis to be set up for the procurement process. This year wheat …
