December 23, 2022 12:07 pm
Company executives disclosed that CNH has plans to power the methane LNG tractor by using crop stubble which can be a gamechanger in India where paddy stubble burning has been playing havoc with the environment
December 07, 2022 3:18 pm
Senior BJP minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, who hails from Chandrapur, raised the issue with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis two days ago
November 23, 2022 7:43 am
Sangrur tops the chart in farm fires where the crop residue was burnt on 1.54 LHout of 2.12 LH area which comes to 72.7% of the total rice area of the district. This is followed by Ferozepur and Barnala where 65% and 63% area was burnt, respectively.
November 20, 2022 8:54 am
Punjab farmers opt for long duration, unrecommended varieties in hope of higher yield; experts say extra income negated due to additional input cost
November 17, 2022 7:50 am
It has been indicated that arrival target has been met, following which this decision was taken . However, as per the figures released by PMB, progressive arrival of paddy in mandis of Punjab was 178.10 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) as of November 15 this year while it was 186.87 LMT on the same day last year.
November 16, 2022 8:02 am
The 25-year-old farmer, Gurpreet Singh Kuthala, says he had entered into an agreement with a Sangrur-based based biofuel generation company to provide them 10,000 quintals of paddy stubble.
November 14, 2022 7:27 am
Around 70% of crop cutting experiments (CCEs) witnessed an average of 54 kg increase in the paddy yield per hectare in Punjab so far as compared to last year’s average yield,
November 14, 2022 7:18 am
This decision will give a boost to straw management and farmers will benefit financially by selling straw, Punjab's Environment, Science and Technology Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer said.
November 13, 2022 8:57 am
As per FCI records, 162.54 LT, 169.36 LT, 176.9 LT and 165.15 LT were procured in 2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18, and 20116-17, respectively.
November 06, 2022 8:57 am
According to the report, till November 5, Punjab has witnessed 29,400 fire incidents against 28,792 till November 5, 2021. Last year till November 5, Punjab had witnessed 6.86 lakh hectares (16.95 lakh acres) of burnt area.