Mandi prices of major food crops below MSP due to bumper harvest, with easing prices and positive outlook for food security.

Experiments suggest that it might become possible to nourish plants without photosynthesis—a tool that could one day help feed astronauts and a crowded planet. Canola seedlings can take up ...

Says farmers are waiting for days in the sun to sell their crops, but the Chief Minister is busy reviewing beauty pageants ...

Already, the country’s foodgrain production has reached 330.92 million tonnes in the Kharif and rabi seasons of the current 2024-25 crop year. The production estimates for summer (zaid) sowing are yet ...

Topping off another excellent year, the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture’s crops judging team retained its first-place title in the crops contest and added the top spot in precision ...

Sowing of rabi crops in Telangana reached nearly 8.0 million acres (1 acre = 0.4 hectares) as of Wednesday, up 18% from 6.8 million acres a year ago, according to a report released by the state ...

Ahmedabad: Recent unseasonal rain, coupled with heavy winds, has adversely impacted both sesame and mango crops in the state. Following strong winds on Tuesday, about 10% of mangoes dropped ...

Reformed, a French comedy that just arrived on Max, is ostensibly about a female rabbi, struggling for acceptance; it follows Léa, a character based on Delphine Horvilleur, France’s most famous ...

Lad, in fact, moved from wheat as the staple rabi crop to safflower. “It made more sense,” he said. Although touted as one of the oldest known oilseed, safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) has slowly ...

Until then, even a controlled 15-20% fluctuation in normal water flow would devastate Pakistan’s Kharif and Rabi crops like rice, wheat, cotton and sugarcane. Already, the government has begun ...

This year, farmers from gram panchayats like Bhishan Dilawarpur have already used Matuka’s water to irrigate their rabi crops—signalling the river’s renewed importance to the region’s ...

Oilseed rape is regarded as a ‘go-to’ break crop within Irish tillage rotations. But like many other brassicas, it can attract numerous pests. However, pests do not always get a free ride from nature.