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Winter Colours Reach the Capital's Markets Before Winter
Winter has not yet arrived in Dhaka, but Karwan Bazar is already filled with cauliflower, cabbage, beans, radish, mustard greens, olives and water chestnuts.
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Food Production Is Not the Farmer's Responsibility Alone
Producing good, safe food cannot be left to farmers alone; it needs government, researchers, private enterprise and consumers to work together.
LivestockKishoreganj's haor duck farms produce about 2 crore eggs a year
Around 2,000 farms in Kishoreganj's haor region were raising more than 25 lakh ducks and producing about 2 crore eggs a year in November 2025, but farmers said veterinary help was slow to reach them.
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Professor Mostafa Kamal Succeeds With Papaya Farming, Earning Tk 10 Lakh a Year
A college professor in Barishal's Babuganj upazila has built a papaya orchard with a fish pond that he says earns him Tk 10 lakh a year after costs.
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Water Chestnut Farming Brings Big Profit at Low Cost in Sherpur
Water chestnut farming is spreading in Sherpur because it grows on waterlogged and fallow land and returns a good profit at low cost.
CropsBagerhat Betel Nut Prices Fall Tk 150 to 300 a Kuri Despite a Heavy Crop
Jagonews24 reported a bumper betel nut crop in Bagerhat this year, while prices fell by Tk 150 to 300 a kuri depending on quality. Traders blamed weak demand at the big wholesale markets.
CropsRajbari Farmers Seek Tk 2,000 a Maund as Murikata Onion Planting Continues
Farmers planting murikata onion in Rajbari in October 2025 said costs of Tk 50,000 to 60,000 a bigha meant they needed at least Tk 2,000 a maund in the season. The district target was 5,870 hectares.
CropsCumilla Expects Tk 20-22 Crore in Vegetable Seedling Sales, Led by Samespur
Cumilla's Department of Agricultural Extension expected Tk 20 to 22 crore worth of vegetable seedlings to be sold in the 2025 season, with more than 700 farmers raising seedlings on about 20 hectares around the village of Samespur.
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Jhenaidah's Date Palm Tappers Get Busy Ahead of Winter
With winter approaching, tappers across Jhenaidah are preparing date palms for sap and gur, even as the number of trees and tappers declines.
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Papaya Farming Brings Smiles to a Sonargaon Farmer
Sonargaon farmer Abu Taher switched to papaya this year in hope of higher profit and is now enjoying the yield he hoped for.
LivestockAkkelpur farmer Ismail Hossain Tuku says his eight poultry farms employ 120 people
Ismail Hossain Tuku of Jamalganj in Akkelpur, Joypurhat, told Jagonews24 in October 2025 that he began with 5,000 Sonali chicks in three sheds in 2000 and now has eight farms with 120 employees.
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Farmers Hope to Recover Through Early Potato Farming
Before winter sets in, farmers in Nilphamari are rushing to plant early potatoes, hoping good early-season prices will make up for last year's losses.
CropsSoybean, India’s ‘yellow gold’, loses favour with Madhya Pradesh farmers
Growers in Indore spoke of lower yields, market prices well below the support price and fear of imports. India’s soybean area fell by 9.10 lakh hectares in the 2025 kharif season.