Some farmers and agriculture experts say scorching temperatures and drought are causing a strain on rice production. Some farmers in Vermilion Parish are feeling the heat and the pinch from hot temperatures. Christian Richard, Owner of Richard Farms said it hasn’t rained in nearly three months and Mother Nature is costing him a pretty penny. […]
It will help disseminate rice-ICM technology as a component of SRP to farmers through training, it said LT Foods on Monday said it has signed an initial pact with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Research Centre for Integrated Pest Management (ICAR-NCIPM) to train 10,000 farmers in four states on sustainable farming practices. As per […]
Varsha Sharma has been through some turbulent years on her small farm in the mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh, in northern India. For more than a century her family have been rice farmers, but erratic rainfall and water being diverted for industry have made cultivating rice more difficult. Seven years ago she switched to a […]
This aerial photo taken on Aug 5, 2023 shows flooded areas in Yanshou county of Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. [Photo/Xinhua] Famous quality product from Wuchang hard-hit by damage from recent deluge As floodwaters subside in Northeast China, farmers in the country’s “rice kingdom” are worried profits from this year’s harvest are disappearing with them. […]
The government through the Ministry of Agriculture has provided 20,00 litres of pesticide to rice farmers in order to combat apple snails. The snails have been destroying rice plantations in the region and have been leading to huge losses to farmers. According to Crop Development Principal Secretary, Kello Harsama, the program, which is still in […]
COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Ministry said on Monday (7) that if water is provided by Tuesday (8) for the rice fields in the Walawa Zone in the south of the country, around 60% of the rice fields can be saved. Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera told News 1st that if that effort fails, there […]
COLOMBO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) delivered 8,360 tons of urea fertilizer this week to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Agriculture for distribution during the forthcoming Maha cropping season, a FAO statement said on Monday. The FAO said this essential fertilizer will be distributed to over 228,000 smallholder paddy farmers […]
President Kissan Ittehad Khalid Mehmood Khokhar Wednesday said that corporate farming will attract about Rs100 billion investment in the agriculture sector within three years and help to achieve self-sufficiency in staple food crop production, besides attaining food safety and security in the country. Addressing a press conference, he dismissed all the misconceptions being created by […]
It’s been 12 days since the rice farmers from Embilipitiya launched a Sathyagraha campaign demanding water for their rice fields. The satyagraha is continuing as the demands of the farmers to release water from the Samanala Wewa to the Udawalawa Reservoir have not been met. Farmers have stressed that they would not abandon their cause […]
Weather conditions continue to impact Texas rice yield and quality. But a volatile market may prove helpful. Read more about rice production this year and the state’s latest crop and weather report. Texas rice farmers are seeing mixed quality and quantity yields due to extreme heat, but the decision by India to ban exports could […]
