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Farmers Asked To Postpone Harvesting Due To Rainfall In Parts Of India
As rains lashed several parts of the country, the weather office on Thursday asked farmers to postpone harvest of mustard in Punjab and Haryana, and wheat and pulses in central Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
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Stubble Burning Continues In Punjab, 700 Fires Recorded So Far
Farm fires have continued in Punjab despite the state government assuring more crop residue management machines and launching massive awareness programmes against stubble burning
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Amid Covid Chaos And Protests, Farmers Eye Record Wheat Crop
While India battles soaring COVID-19 infections, on the outskirts of New Delhi thousands of farmers still occupy camps where they are keeping up a months-long sit-in protest against government legislation that they say harms them.
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"One Activity Giving Hope Is Agricultural": Centre On Winter Crop Harvest
The government today said 67% of wheat crop sown in winter (rabi crop) has been harvested despite the lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It said there is "minimal or no disruption" in harvesting rabi crop and sowing of summer crop during the lockdown.
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Farmers Arrive In Trickle At Punjab, UP Mandis As COVID-19 Slows Harvest
Two major food grain producing states have started buying wheat and pulses from farmers amid the lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic, but the volume and pace of procurement is slow. In Punjab, farmers are yet to harvest 70 per cent of wheat crop. The grain markets or mandis in the state have been mostly empty for the last two days, though the gover...
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For Farmers Only: In Punjab, District-Wise Relief From Coronavirus Lockdown
Coronavirus: Punjab to allow district-wise relief from lockdown only for farmers to harvest crops, says Amarinder Singh
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Watch: Shilpa Shetty's Whole Wheat Puran Poli Is The Perfect Healthy Gudi Padwa Recipe
Shilpa Shetty also took to Instagram to share an interesting recipe of her own unique version of the Puran Poli for the upcoming harvest festival Gudi Padwa.
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Unseasonal Rains, Storm Damage Wheat Crop In Punjab, Haryana
Standing wheat crop was damaged after rain, dust-storm and strong winds lashed Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wheat crop is being harvested in most part of the two states for the past 10 days.
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Forced To Drink Urine For Refusing To Harvest Crops, Alleges UP Dalit Man
A Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun was allegedly beaten and forced to drink urine for refusing farmers, who told him to harvest their wheat crop on Sunday. Sitaram Valmiki, who has a small farm, was harvesting his wheat crop when farmers of the 'upper caste' asked him to harvest their crops first. After Sitaram refused, they tied and dragged hi...
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12 Dead As Heavy Rain Lashes Rajasthan, Farmers Protest Crop Loses
Twelve people have died in Rajasthan's Dholpur and Bharatpur districts, after heavy rain and thunderstorms lashed large parts of the state on Wednesday. While seven died in Dholpur's Badead area, five died in Bharatpur
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Bamboo Rice: Everything You Need to Know About the Tribal Savory!
Know the uncommon, unknown and hidden in the wild savory- Bamboo rice and its story of harvest
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Deadly Wheat Disease Enters India Through Porous Bangladesh Border
It's not just smuggling - if currency and cattle - that plagues the porous India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal. In Murshidabad and Nadia districts, a deadly fungal infection that affects wheat and is capable of wipe out the entire harvest of a nation, has entered India. Last year, the disease had badly affected Bangladesh and now in West Bengal,...
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Wheat, Rice Harvests Headed for Record High: FAO
The world's wheat and rice producers are headed for a record harvest this year, drastically reducing the global food bill as prices fall, the FAO said on Thursday.
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Incredible Wheatgrass Benefits: Is it Really Worth the Hype?
As the name suggests, wheatgrass comes from the wheat family and is a cultivar of young grass that is harvested before wheat seeds would begin to come into existence.
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Ripe wheat spread over 100 acres destroyed by fire
Ripe wheat in around 100 acres of land waiting to be harvested was gutted by a fire in Gajole area of Malda district on Wednesday, district administration sources said.
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Farmers Asked To Postpone Harvesting Due To Rainfall In Parts Of India
As rains lashed several parts of the country, the weather office on Thursday asked farmers to postpone harvest of mustard in Punjab and Haryana, and wheat and pulses in central Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
-
Stubble Burning Continues In Punjab, 700 Fires Recorded So Far
Farm fires have continued in Punjab despite the state government assuring more crop residue management machines and launching massive awareness programmes against stubble burning
-
Amid Covid Chaos And Protests, Farmers Eye Record Wheat Crop
While India battles soaring COVID-19 infections, on the outskirts of New Delhi thousands of farmers still occupy camps where they are keeping up a months-long sit-in protest against government legislation that they say harms them.
-
"One Activity Giving Hope Is Agricultural": Centre On Winter Crop Harvest
The government today said 67% of wheat crop sown in winter (rabi crop) has been harvested despite the lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It said there is "minimal or no disruption" in harvesting rabi crop and sowing of summer crop during the lockdown.
-
Farmers Arrive In Trickle At Punjab, UP Mandis As COVID-19 Slows Harvest
Two major food grain producing states have started buying wheat and pulses from farmers amid the lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic, but the volume and pace of procurement is slow. In Punjab, farmers are yet to harvest 70 per cent of wheat crop. The grain markets or mandis in the state have been mostly empty for the last two days, though the gover...
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For Farmers Only: In Punjab, District-Wise Relief From Coronavirus Lockdown
Coronavirus: Punjab to allow district-wise relief from lockdown only for farmers to harvest crops, says Amarinder Singh
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Watch: Shilpa Shetty's Whole Wheat Puran Poli Is The Perfect Healthy Gudi Padwa Recipe
Shilpa Shetty also took to Instagram to share an interesting recipe of her own unique version of the Puran Poli for the upcoming harvest festival Gudi Padwa.
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Unseasonal Rains, Storm Damage Wheat Crop In Punjab, Haryana
Standing wheat crop was damaged after rain, dust-storm and strong winds lashed Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wheat crop is being harvested in most part of the two states for the past 10 days.
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Forced To Drink Urine For Refusing To Harvest Crops, Alleges UP Dalit Man
A Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun was allegedly beaten and forced to drink urine for refusing farmers, who told him to harvest their wheat crop on Sunday. Sitaram Valmiki, who has a small farm, was harvesting his wheat crop when farmers of the 'upper caste' asked him to harvest their crops first. After Sitaram refused, they tied and dragged hi...
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12 Dead As Heavy Rain Lashes Rajasthan, Farmers Protest Crop Loses
Twelve people have died in Rajasthan's Dholpur and Bharatpur districts, after heavy rain and thunderstorms lashed large parts of the state on Wednesday. While seven died in Dholpur's Badead area, five died in Bharatpur
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Bamboo Rice: Everything You Need to Know About the Tribal Savory!
Know the uncommon, unknown and hidden in the wild savory- Bamboo rice and its story of harvest
-
Deadly Wheat Disease Enters India Through Porous Bangladesh Border
It's not just smuggling - if currency and cattle - that plagues the porous India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal. In Murshidabad and Nadia districts, a deadly fungal infection that affects wheat and is capable of wipe out the entire harvest of a nation, has entered India. Last year, the disease had badly affected Bangladesh and now in West Bengal,...
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Wheat, Rice Harvests Headed for Record High: FAO
The world's wheat and rice producers are headed for a record harvest this year, drastically reducing the global food bill as prices fall, the FAO said on Thursday.
-
Incredible Wheatgrass Benefits: Is it Really Worth the Hype?
As the name suggests, wheatgrass comes from the wheat family and is a cultivar of young grass that is harvested before wheat seeds would begin to come into existence.
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Ripe wheat spread over 100 acres destroyed by fire
Ripe wheat in around 100 acres of land waiting to be harvested was gutted by a fire in Gajole area of Malda district on Wednesday, district administration sources said.
