farmers

Jennifer Green makes it look easy — grabbing a handful of dried flax stalks and beating away the rough outer casing to reveal long, soft, golden strands of fibre that can be spun and woven into linen.But when a group of first-timers try to…

Floods and incessant rain in July not only damaged the infrastructure of the state but also affected the quality and quantity of crops such as apple, plum, pear, tomato, cauliflower, beans, capsicum, chilli, cabbage, eggplant,…

For reasons of food security and economic incentive, farmers continuously seek to maximize their marketable crop yields. As plants grow inconsistently, at the time of harvesting, there will inevitably be variations in quality and size of…

A new form of agricultural pest control could one day take root -- one that treats crop infestations deep under the ground in a targeted manner with less pesticide. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed…

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Under PM-Kisan, Rs 6,000 is provided to farmers each year in three instalments — April-July, August-November and December-March.PM KISAN 14th Installment News Update: As PM Narendra Modi has released the Rs 2,000 installment, here's how you…

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Producers in some parts of southern Saskatchewan are already struggling with drought this summer. Now grasshoppers can once again be added to the list of woes. The situation is so severe south of Saskatoon that the RM of Dundurn has…

A few days ago, Suniel Shetty had expressed his worries about the soaring prices of tomatoes and how it has impacted his kitchen forcing them to consume less tomatoes. After his statement became a talking point on social media, Sunielhas…

For instance, as tomato prices surged past ₹200 a kg last week, the steepest ever the national capital region has seen, Ishwar Gaykar, a grower from Pune, Maharashtra, made a fortune from his 12 acres of tomato crop. Gaykar’s…