Two farmers in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, grew poison-free bitter gourd under Good Agricultural Practices, but with no separate market they get the same low price as ordinary produce.
Entomologist Letodi Luki Mathulwe reports the first South African isolation of Metarhizium rileyi infecting and killing armyworm larvae in kikuyu pastures — larvae that pyrethroids control only at 1–5 mm and whose feeding makes kikuyu release cyanide compounds that poison cattle; mass production and
Under the Kharif-2 incentive programme, farmers in the district's 11 upazilas each received 5 kg of seed, 10 kg of DAP and 10 kg of MOP for one bigha; Niamatpur (5,100) and Mohadevpur (5,000) had the most beneficiaries.
The government rate for a 50kg sack of TSP is Tk1,350, but dealers in this Tangail upazila are quoting Tk1,800, farmers say.
The control room runs two shifts from 11 to 24 September and will act immediately on reports of artificial shortage, illegal storage or overcharging.
Weeks of drought and temperatures 10 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit above normal have left more than a third of Kansas corn rated poor or very poor, and dryland growers say some fields will not be worth harvesting.
Nearly half of Missouri's corn was mature and 14% harvested by 6 September, well ahead of normal, while the US Drought Monitor reports expanding moderate to extreme drought in the south-central and south-west of the state and USDA forecasts a corn yield of 181 bushels an acre, four below last year.
Speaking in Fulgazi, Feni, Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said monitoring teams were at work, two crore farmers would get farmer cards and farm loans of up to Tk 10,000 had been waived.
Rinsing rice gently three or four times before cooking removes excess starch and helps keep the grains separate.
Bangladesh's agro-processing export earnings have fallen below $1 billion despite a fast-growing global market, speakers at the BAPA Foodpro International Expo said.
Agricultural scientists say that if nano fertiliser is used effectively, Bangladesh could cut its fertiliser imports by up to 30 percent by 2030.
A hairy caterpillar spotted on a roadside debdaru tree offers a lesson in metamorphosis, and a reminder never to touch one with bare hands.
Bangladesh's public food grain stock has risen by 148,484 tonnes since the BNP government took office, reaching 23.59 lakh tonnes on 9 September.
