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Intelligent harvesters with Beidou system reap rice in Heilongjiang

By Zhou Huiying Rice farmers affiliated with Qixing Farm at Jiansanjiang Company of Beidahuang Group, a large State-owned enterprise in Heilongjiang province, were thrilled when large harvesting machines started working their farmland in recent days. On the vast fields of the farm, intelligent harvesters equipped with the Beidou navigation system move through the golden rice […]

India’s rice stocks hit record, wheat at four-year high

By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI, Sept 17 (Reuters) – India’s rice stocks in government warehouses climbed over 14% from a year earlier to a record high for early September, while wheat inventories reached a four-year peak on stronger buying from farmers, official data showed on Wednesday. Record rice stocks will support higher exports by the world’s […]

Unfavorable monsoon raises concerns over reduced paddy production

Khabarhub KATHMANDU: Paddy planting has been severely affected in Madhes Province and other key grain-producing regions of Nepal due to this year’s unfavorable monsoon. On the recommendation of the Madhes Province government, the Federal Government has declared the province a disaster-prone area for three months. Stakeholders have expressed growing concerns over a potential decline in […]

Rice and paddy imports surge as country imports over Rs 31 billion worth in FY 2024/25

The spike follows the government’s decision to remove advance taxes on paddy imports. In total, Nepal brought in 531.1 million kilograms of paddy, generating Rs 1.52 billion in revenue for the government. By REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, July 23: Nepal saw a sharp rise in rice and paddy imports in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25. According to […]

Ludhiana: Paddy sown in over 90 percent target area, says agri dept

By Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana The remaining 10 percent area or so hasn’t been covered yet as it had standing crops like summer maize or moong; it is only after these are harvested that sowing will begin on this chunk of land. Over 90 per cent of the area expected to be under paddy cultivation this […]

Grain crisis deepens in fertile Madhesh: Only 33.78 pc paddy fields planted

Once known as Nepal’s granary, Madhesh Province is witnessing a steady decline in paddy cultivation. Recent data shows that only 33.78 percent of arable land in the region has been planted with rice this season. Farmers blame the shortage of water and fertilizer as the primary reasons for this worrying trend. By MITHILESH YADAV KATHMANDU, […]