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Every Gust of Wind Makes Haor Farmers' Hearts Tremble
Farmers in Sunamganj's haors expect a bumper boro crop but fear storms and rising rivers could stop them bringing it home.
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What to Do if Heat Causes Chaff in Paddy
The Agricultural Information Service has advised farmers what to do when heat causes chaff in paddy.
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Blast Disease Ruins Early BRRI dhan28 Paddy in Bhairab
Blast disease has destroyed early-maturing BRRI dhan28 paddy in Bhairab, Kishoreganj, leaving farmers worried about food for the year.
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Blast Outbreak Hits Boro Paddy in Habiganj's Haors
Blast disease has struck BRRI dhan28 boro paddy in the haors of Habiganj, leaving farmers with empty husks at harvest time.
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College Student Succeeds Growing Cucumbers With Mulching in Sharsha
Twelfth-grade student Monjurul Ahsan of Sharsha, Jashore, is growing hybrid cucumbers on 50 decimals with polythene mulching and employing five to seven people.
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Capsicum Success in Gadkhali, the Kingdom of Flowers
Farmer Monjur Alam has had a bumper crop of red, yellow and green capsicum on one bigha in Gadkhali, Jashore's flower capital.
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Meherpur Farmers Happy With Drumstick Yield
Favourable weather and no natural disasters have given Meherpur a good drumstick harvest, with branches bending under the weight of the pods.
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BRRI Seed Sower Machine Can Sow 7,000 Seeds an Hour
BRRI has developed a seed sower that evenly sows 7,000 to 7,300 rice seeds an hour, alongside a whole-feed combine harvester, transplanters, weeders and an improved solar light trap.
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Mango Fruit Setting in Naogaon, Growers Busy Tending Orchards
Naogaon's mango blossom is turning into young fruit, but with no traders yet buying orchards, growers are busy spraying and tending the trees themselves.
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Mojar Has Been Eating Live Snakes and Scorpions for 15 Years
Day labourer Md Mojar Mia of Kurigram has been eating live snakes, scorpions, raw cow blood and tripe for 15 years, and neighbours want him treated.
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Tk 4.65 Lakh Fine for Stealing One Sack of Chicken Feed
Village heads in Bhangura, Pabna fined two men Tk 4,65,000 over the alleged theft of a single sack of poultry feed from a farm.
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Blossom Pleased the Eye, but Young Mangoes Disappoint
Despite heavy blossom, Fazli and Ashwina mango trees in Chapainawabganj have set little fruit, and growers are worried about the yield.
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Storms and Hail Feared on Friday and Saturday: What Farmers Should Do to Protect Crops
With storms and hail forecast for 31 March and 1 April, the Agriculture Information Service has told farmers how to limit damage to standing crops.