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Farmers’ Column | He lost his job in pandemic, and then pioneered teak revolution in Punjab
August 31, 2025 3:27 am
A class-10 graduate, Harwinder Ghumman puts 'fixed-deposit for farmers' on state map
From paddy to poplar: How a Ludhiana farmer built a ₹50-lakh-a-year model
August 24, 2025 4:00 am
Around 340 trees can be grown on an acre of land, planted at a spacing of 16x16 feet row distance and 8x8 feet plant distance. At a 12x12 feet spacing, around 280 trees fit on one acre
'Assi jitt gaye': farmers, labour unions welcome move... but wait for withdrawal of notification
August 12, 2025 10:44 am
KMM had planned a mahapanchayat on August 20 in Jalandhar outside the PUDA office and is yet to decide whether it will be cancelled.
‘How can you erase rural existence?’: Farmers across Punjab launch mega tractor rally against AAP govt’s land pooling policy
July 30, 2025 2:19 pm
The Punjab Government’s land pooling policy, which aims to build townships, has drawn sharp criticism from the farming community, who see it as a threat to their livelihood and identity.
'Not just land, we are fighting for our identity, livelihood’
July 23, 2025 11:28 am
Villagers have accused the government of duplicity, questioning why the sale and purchase registration of land has been stopped in villages falling under the scheme if it is truly voluntary as they say.
SKM urges all parties to clarify stance on Punjab's land pooling policy at live-streamed meeting
July 17, 2025 6:01 pm
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha's all-party meeting on Friday will also focus on Punjab’s water crisis, free trade agreements with the US and other countries, and the deteriorating condition of cooperative societies.
Paddy to petals: Sangrur farmer finds prosperity in marigold, has eyes set on roses
July 06, 2025 10:25 am
Sukhdeep earns 4-5 times more from marigold than combined returns from wheat and paddy
‘Punjab faces annual groundwater shortfall of nearly 10 million acre-feet’
June 14, 2025 12:38 am
The high-level workshop, chaired by Dr Sukhpal Singh, Chairman of PSFC, who emphasised the need for urgent, science-based interventions
Paddy transplantation dates advanced, Punjab to use water ‘twice the capacity of Bhakra Dam’
June 11, 2025 12:25 pm
An expert from Punjab Agricultural University has warned that the Bhagwant Mann government’s decision to advance paddy transplantation will cause ‘a colossal loss of groundwater’.
Decade and a failed biz later, Punjab's Hoshiarpur farmer finds success — and money — in seedless cucumbers
June 08, 2025 9:59 am
His method has turned the crop into a year-round source of income, earning him a net profit of around Rs 12 lakh per acre — over 10 times what a farmer earns from growing wheat and paddy combined.
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