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Depleted soils: Another reasons for low nutrients can be that the soils supporting plants could be low in plant-available nutrients

Are your staple rice and wheat losing their nutrients?

One reason could be that the rate of yield increase is not compensated by the rate of nutrient uptake by plants

Agriworkers spreading and drying the paddy on the road at the fields near Nunna village

Farmers worldwide receive barely a quarter of what consumers spend: study

Minister for Cooperation, I. Periyasami addressing at a review meeting

Farmers to receive ₹11,500 crore as crop loans, says TN Minister

Special Correspondent Minister for Cooperation I. Periyasamy said the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Banks have been instructed to enrol a greater number of farmers as new members, before the disbursal of the crop loans

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TN CM Stalin announces scheme for kuruvai cultivation

Special Correspondent The scheme aims to provide input and equipment subsidies to farmers involved in the cultivation of kuruvai, in the Cauvery delta region, according to an official release

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A floating bed of degraded water hyacinth being prepared in the Vembanad backwaters for cultivation of marigold at Thanneermukkom panchayat in Alappuzha district.

For Onam, marigolds from a floating raft

K.A. Martin Youngster undertakes farming experiment in Vembanad backwaters

Want coconut water? Here’s the powder

Prabalika M. Borah There’s a shortcut to coconut water now. What’s more, the Telangana company behind it claims it goes the natural, preservative-free way

Farmers protesting over new farm laws at Singhu border, in New Delhi on Saturday.

Trade unions to support farmers’ June 26 protest

Special Correspondent Joint platform to hold sit-ins at Raj Bhavans

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Are your staple rice and wheat losing their nutrients?

Farmers to receive ₹11,500 crore as crop loans, says TN Minister

Farmers worldwide receive barely a quarter of what consumers spend: study

TN CM Stalin announces scheme for kuruvai cultivation

ONGC seeks green nod for exploratory wells in Tamil Nadu

Exploited by timber mafia, Muttil farmers live in fear of repercussions

Call for vigil by social media users against fake FB profiles

‘Accepting friend requests looking at mutual friends’ list not safe’

Farmers demand desilting of Veeranam tank

Though the tank has the capacity to store 1,465 million cubic feet of water, nearly one-third of the water body is filled with silt, farmers said

Seeking hike in milk price, AIKS to protest tomorrow

It says private unions slash purchase cost citing low demand

Call to revive Uzhavar Sandhai in Kaveripattinam

The Uzhavar Sandhai (farmers’ market) in Kaveripattinam has remained inoperative for over a decade now and with the regime change in the State, fresh

78,000 tonnes of FCI rice to be used for ethanol production this year

Food Secretary, however, emphasises that maize will form the primary feedstock for grain-based ethanol production instead

Trade unions to support farmers’ June 26 protest

Joint platform to hold sit-ins at Raj Bhavans

Want coconut water? Here’s the powder

There’s a shortcut to coconut water now. What’s more, the Telangana company behind it claims it goes the natural, preservative-free way

After fire and floods, Aussie farmers suffer devastating mouse plague

The government has announced millions of dollars in support and reached for a more potent poison

For Onam, marigolds from a floating raft

Youngster undertakes farming experiment in Vembanad backwaters

Reservoirs in Pathanamthitta to host fish farms

New initiative to open such facilities in the reservoir of the Kakki dam

Free day-time power supply to agri feeders from this kharif

‘Nearly ₹1,700 cr. spent on augmenting the infrastructure, says Minister

Farming against odds

In spite of good rain forecast, non-payment of govt. benefits and bank credit in time and COVID-19 situation are not helping the farmers’ cause

Eggs vanish from the poor’s platter

A dozen eggs selling for close to ₹75 across shops

New market brings hope to Odisha’s turmeric farmers

‘Farmers are now confident they will get a better price for their produce’

Mysterious disease kills over 200 sheep in Tirunelveli

‘We continue to lose them even after the vaccination’

Farmers to get ₹ 11,500-crore loan from Coop. banks for kuruvai crop: Periyasamy

MADURAI Tamil Nadu Minister for Cooperation I. Periyasamy said on Wednesday that through the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Banks, farmers across

Centre announces hike in MSP for paddy, pulses, oilseeds

Farmer groups unhappy with the increase in paddy price.

India’s booming corn exports amid global rally ease supply worries

Vietnam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh are the key buyers.

Kuruvai paddy expected to be raised on 4,500 hectares in Tiruchi district

Cultivation would be on the normal area in the district and would primarily be taken up in Lalgudi block where over 4,200 ha was expected to be covered.

Ryots in submergence villages harvest riches with paddy

Farmers of Vemulaghat, Etigaddakishtapur withstand pressure to give up their lands

1,710 villages prone to floods

Revenue Minister asks districts to prepare action plans

Mango growers seek remunerative price, relief from govt.

Mango farmers have demanded remunerative price for the produce in the wake of the pulp industries lowering the procurement price for them citing the

Machine transplantation of paddy seedlings picks up in Tiruvarur district

More than 200 machines have been deployed in Tiruvarur district to carry out transplantation of paddy seedlings, according to Agriculture and Farmers

Kannur launches ‘kappa challenge’ to help farmers

Grama panchayats to procure, market produce

Early onset of monsoon kindlesfarmers’ hope for good kharif

63 of 66 mandals in Chittoor district record 2,137 mm rain in a day

Farmers raise nurseries as water flows from Vaigai dam

The water release will continue for 120 days

‘Sale of Aavin products outside Tamil Nadu soon’

Minister for Milk and Dairy Development S. M. Nasar on Sunday said that necessary steps were being taken to sell Aavin products to other States and

COVID-19 second wave will not impact India’s agri sector: Niti Aayog

Agriculture activities in May, when rural India saw the worst of the pandemic, remain at a bare minimum, Ramesh Chand, Niti Aayog member, said.

Rajasthan starts giving crop loans

The scheme, announced in 2018, will benefit 7.50 lakh farmers

Three paddy purchase centres opened

With harvesting of paddy on around 3,000 hectares under way in and around Rajapalayam, the Department of Agriculture has opened three direct purchase

Woman turns ‘water champion’ in remote Thamballapalle

Pareshamma diverts farmers of arid region towards millets

Anantapur experiences monsoon showers

District records an average of 30 mm of rainfall

Canal modernisation work progresses in fits and starts

124 regulatory structures are to be modernised, 25 to be rehabilitated

Modern farming: Coronavirus outbreak spurs high-tech greenhouse boom in China

By far the world's largest vegetable producer, China has used greenhouses for decades, but food supply disruptions sparked by coronavirus lockdowns in 2020 have accelerated the development of high-tech glass greenhouse facilities.

T.N. scores hat-trick in Cauvery water realisation

Quantity of water received by State exceeds quota for third year in a row

Haveri chosen for pilot under NFSM

Inter-cropping farming to be promoted in the district

1,500 acres fallow land now ready to take paddy seedlings

Kedarottana Trust has proposed to grow paddy organically on 2,000 acres of fallow land

Special mango varieties to pick from in Chennai this June

From market favourite Alphonso to native, once-endangered kalapadi, farms bring late-blooming varieties to Chennai, despite unseasonal rains in flowering season

Karnataka sees 10% rise in foodgrain production

The output was 153.08 lakh tonnes in 2020-21, as a result of favourable monsoon

Tobacco auctions resume as COVID-19 situation eases

Exporters still adopting a wait-and-watch approach, say farmers

A campaign to brand white okra launched in Karkala

Seeds being distributed for free in Karkala, Hebri taluks to cover 20,000 families

Farmers abandon floriculture as pandemic cripples industry in the Nilgiris

The main export hub in Bangalore has been closed, and with weddings not taking place as well, there are no buyers, farmers say

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