Agriculture

Paddy MSP for kharif marketing season 2025-26 raised by Rs 69 per quintal, cotton by Rs 589

Among kharif pulses, tur (arhar) gets a raise of Rs 450 per quintal The minimum support price for paddy was…

India hikes sugarcane FRP for 2025-26 season by Rs 15 to Rs 355 per quintal

Hike in FRP is 4.41% more than the current sugar season 2024-25 The Indian government has raised the Fair and…

MSP of crops in 2025-26 rabi marketing season versus projected production cost

The projected comprehensive (C2) cost of production for wheat is Rs 1,737 per quintal in 2025-26 Let’s look at the…

PAU suggests alternative phosphatic fertilizers for wheat

Farmers opt for DAP due to higher phosphorus content Soil scientists at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, have advised replacing…

Wheat MSP for 2025-26 rabi marketing season hiked by Rs 150 per quintal

Rs 300 per quintal increase in support price of mustard-rapeseed, Rs 275 for lentil The Indian government has announced a…

Climate-resilient, high-yielding, biofortified 4 new varieties of sugarcane released

These varieties are less susceptible to major pests, diseases of sugarcane Sugarcane is an important cash crop in India that…

Virus incidence much lower on late transplanted paddy: PAU

Late-planted paddy varieties PR 126, PR 131 and PR 121 had lower incidence of disease The incidence of Southern Rice…

Transplanting of PR varieties of paddy on July 15 can save up to 17% of irrigation water: PAU

Research shows that late transplanting also gives higher yields The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana has advised farmers to transplant…

PAU registers biocontrol agent Trichoderma asperellum for foot rot disease in basmati

Farmers can combat Bakane disease without compromising on environmental safety The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana has registered the biocontrol…

New variety of wheat WH 1402 suitable for sandy soil, less water conditions

HAU, Hisar has developed this new wheat variety suitable for cultivation in northwestern plains of India A new variety of…