FruitsHybrid papaya in Kapasia: 800 trees expected to yield 40-45 tonnes
Island Agro Farm's growers expect to sell Tk 7-8 lakh of papaya after spending about Tk 2 lakh, with 50-60 kg a tree.
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FruitsVietnamese dwarf coconuts: 50-60 nuts a tree with care, losses without it
The Siam Green and Siam Blue coconuts brought in under the year-round fruit project yield well with proper care and water, but farmers who planted and left them have been disappointed.
FruitsBehind Chuadanga's grape harvest, a costly sapling trade and a warning
Saplings from a three-and-a-half-bigha vineyard in Jibannagar sell for Tk 350-400; after losses on 'China orange', farmers warn against rushing in without knowing the variety.
Daily lifeBuying bananas: a chemical smell and odd colour matter more than peel spots
Spots on the peel or a green stalk do not prove a banana was artificially ripened; ethylene ripening is approved, but unauthorised use of calcium carbide can be harmful.
FruitsTen-bigha avocado orchard in Kotchandpur claims Tk 5-7 lakh a bigha
Entrepreneur Harunur Rashid Musa's 11-year-old orchard in Kakbaria, Jhenaidah, grows 14 to 15 avocado varieties, yielding about 60 kg a tree, with bagging and pheromone traps against pests.
FruitsTk 20 lakh, two acres and no help from the agriculture office: one grower's mixed orchard
A small entrepreneur is testing which of pineapple, orange, date and apple suit the local climate; burying drainage pipe to clear waterlogging cost Tk 62,000.
FruitsRiverland couple turn 40 acres of pulled-out vines into refuge for regent parrots
As wine grape growers in South Australia's Riverland rip out vines in an oversupplied market, one Murtho property has been returned to native vegetation instead of a new crop, creating habitat for the endangered regent parrot.
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Kapasia grower bets on rockmelon, hopes for Tk 6-7 lakh from 8.5 bighas
Entrepreneur Kamruzzaman Khan is growing rockmelon (sammam) on plastic mulch on 8.5 leased bighas in Kapasia, Gazipur; he has sold about Tk 50,000 of fruit and hopes the whole plot will bring Tk 6-7 lakh.
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Satkora prices double in Nabiganj as London's Sylheti diaspora buys to dry
A hali of satkora has risen from Tk 80 to Tk 180-200 in a week in Nabiganj, Habiganj; with four fruit costing GBP 20-25 in London, expatriates are buying the citrus at home and drying it to take back.
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Malta on leased fallow land: Chatmohar grower expects Tk 4 lakh profit this year
Sharmin Khatun of Hoglabaria village in Chatmohar, Pabna, planted Vietnamese and BARI-1 malta on two bighas of leased fallow land; after a profit of more than Tk 2 lakh last year she expects at least Tk 4 lakh after all costs this season.
FruitsUS pear crop forecast at 660,000 tons, the third-smallest in over 50 years
USDA's September fruit outlook also sees apples down 6% and winegrapes lower, while cranberries rise 5%.
Market Management37 US lawmakers want Mexico to guarantee payment to American produce sellers
A bipartisan House group asks US trade officials to use the USMCA review to win Mexican protections like PACA for growers when a buyer defaults.
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South Korea fills its duty-free quota for US oranges early
The 3,782-metric-ton quota, assigned to 98 bidders, keeps US oranges duty-free during Korea's September-to-February high-tariff season.