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How to Preserve Farmers' Hard-Grown Cauliflower
A step-by-step guide to blanching and freezing winter cauliflower at home so it can be cooked almost all year round.
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Agribusiness
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Changing Four Hands, Tk 2 Cauliflower Becomes Tk 15 in Naogaon
A cauliflower that leaves the farmer at Tk 2 in Naogaon reaches shoppers at Tk 15 after changing hands, as farmers accuse a syndicate and officials deny one exists.
Vegetables
Vegetable Prices Crash in Jhalakathi as Home Growing Rises
Growing interest in household vegetable plots after last year's disasters has cut demand in Jhalakathi, leaving commercial growers unable to cover costs.
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Government Steps Up Imports to Rebuild Rice and Wheat Stocks
Bangladesh's public grain stocks have fallen to just over 12 lakh tonnes, and the government is importing 16 lakh tonnes of rice and wheat while pressing millers to deliver contracted aman rice.
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Shwapno Brings Smiles to Meherpur Farmers Frustrated by Low Vegetable Prices
Supermarket chain Shwapno bought 10,000 cauliflowers from Meherpur farmers who could not recover transport and labour costs as prices fell.
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Feni Farmers Hope Mustard Will Help Them Recover From the Flood
Hit by Tk 446 crore in farm losses from August's flood, Feni farmers have sharply expanded mustard cultivation in hope of recovering.
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Radish at Tk 1 a Kg, Cauliflower at Tk 2 in Joypurhat
A bumper winter harvest has sent radish prices in Joypurhat down to about Tk 1 a kg and cauliflower to Tk 2 each, leaving farmers unable to cover costs.
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Rice Market Soars Again on the Same Cycle of Manipulation
Rice prices have risen by Tk 2-6 a kg despite the Aman harvest and open imports, with traders blaming hoarding and rumours, millers blaming paddy prices and the food secretary blaming propaganda.
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Cauliflower and Bottle Gourd Leaves Bring Smiles for Habib
A Sonargaon farmer expects a profit of about Tk 50,000 from cauliflower and bottle gourd leaves grown on two and a half bigha.
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Farmers in Mirsarai Profit from Bottle Gourd
Farmers in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram are profiting from winter bottle gourd, with prices higher than in other years.
Vegetables
Manikganj Farmers Profit from Brinjal Cultivation
Brinjal farming is expanding in Manikganj's Tilli area on bumper yields, though farmers say they receive only Tk 20-30 a kg while retail prices are higher.
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Two Young Men Succeed with Orange Farming in Mymensingh, Earning Lakhs
Two young men in Mymensingh's Ishwarganj and Bhaluka upazilas have made a success of orange farming, with heavy crops and good prices this season.
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Untimely Rain Cuts Mustard Cultivation in Manikganj
Untimely rain and waterlogging have left Manikganj's mustard area 8,248 hectares below last year, with many farmers switching to maize.