Vegetables
Severe Drought Cuts Auto Bean Yield This Year
Growers of off-season "auto" beans in Ishwardi, Pabna, have begun picking, but severe drought has cut yields while prices stay high.
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Agribusiness
30 Per Cent of Chandpur's Poultry Farms Close in a Month
Rising feed prices and load-shedding have closed 30 per cent of poultry farms in Chandpur in a month, and those still running fear heavy losses.
VideoM A Matin's Rooftop Farm in Bashundhara Residential Area
M A Matin of Bashundhara, Dhaka, planned his eight-storey house with greenery on every floor and a 2,200 sq ft rooftop farm that meets his family's needs.
Crops
How to Grow Vegetables on Field Ridges
Farmers can bring the growing area of field ridges under vegetables, earning extra income and helping control rice pests without harming the main crop.
Agribusiness
Five Cumilla Shops Fined for Overpricing Chicken
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection fined five businesses in Cumilla Tk 13,000 for not displaying price lists and selling chicken at inflated prices.
Agribusiness
Syndicate Unsettles Egg and Chicken Market, Farmers Struggle
Marginal poultry farmers have called for the syndicate to be broken, accusing 10-12 big companies of setting chick, egg and broiler prices at will.
Crops
Tk 520 Crore Looted in 15 Days by Raising Egg and Chicken Prices
Leaders of the Bangladesh Poultry Association, a small farmers' body, accuse big poultry companies of taking Tk 520 crore from consumers and small farmers in 15 days by raising prices.
Agribusiness
Middlemen Profited From Egg and Chicken Price Rise, Says BPICC
The Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council says opportunistic middlemen profited from the sudden rise in egg and broiler prices while farmers were not to blame.
Agribusiness
Broiler Chicken Tk 130 at the Farm, Tk 220 in the Market
Broiler chicken prices have soared in the market, but Tangail farmers say they still sell at Tk 130-140 a kg while their feed and chick costs keep rising.
Livestock
800 Chickens Die on Sonagazi Farm as Power Fails in Heat
About 800 broiler chickens died on a poultry farm in Sonagazi, Feni, during intense heat and load-shedding, causing a loss of about Tk 2 lakh.
Agribusiness
Three Egg and Chicken Traders Fined for Overpricing
The consumer rights directorate fined two egg wholesalers in Tejgaon and a chicken shop in Karwan Bazar Tk 10,000 each after finding they set prices at will without receipts.
Crops
Controlling Crop Pests and Diseases the Natural Way
Garlic-kerosene and onion extracts can control many crop pests and diseases without chemical pesticides, cutting costs and keeping produce safe.
Agribusiness
Egg Prices Rise in Cumilla Though Poultry Feed Prices Have Not
Farm egg prices in Cumilla have jumped to Tk 50 a hali in a week, while feed dealers say poultry feed prices have not changed, and buyers blame a syndicate.
Crops
An Easy Way to Grow Bay Leaf Trees
Bay leaf is in heavy demand as a spice and medicine, and farmers can profit from it by following the right methods of cultivation.
Agribusiness
Egg Prices Run Unchecked, Tk 56 for Four
A hali of eggs now costs Tk 54-56 in Dhaka's neighbourhood markets as higher fuel, feed and transport costs cut production and supply.
Environment
The Clever Phoring, the 'Prince Insect'
The phoring, a familiar insect of Bangladesh's yards and fields, is hard to catch, has remarkable eyes and is fondly called the 'prince insect'.
Crops
Mirsarai Farmers Profit From Taro Cultivation
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, have grown taro on 150 acres this year, with growers and harvest labourers alike earning a good income from the crop.
Environment
'To Protect Wildlife, We Must First Protect Forests'
Environmental leaders warned on World Elephant Day that Bangladesh's elephants, now about 200, may survive only in zoos unless their forests are protected.
Environment
Islami Bank Plants Trees to Mark Bangabandhu's Death Anniversary
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited held a tree planting programme in Dhaka to mark the 47th death anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Agribusiness
How Chick Behaviour Tells You the Farm Temperature
Chicks huddle when too cold, pant when too hot and spread out when the temperature is right, so farmers can read brooder heat from their behaviour.