CropsIn May 2025 farmers in Mymensingh alleged that combine harvester owners were asking Tk 1,000 to Tk 1,200 to cut 10 decimals of rice, against an official rate of Tk 540, amid a labour shortage and complaints that traders took extra paddy per maund.
Home and agriculture adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said 100 mini cold storages will be built to help farmers store fruit, vegetables and other crops.
Farmers in Gaibandha say neck blast is emptying their ripening Boro rice panicles and that pesticides bought from local shops are not helping.
Cattle, long part of farm-based village life in Bangladesh, have become a source of income, nutrition and self-reliance for rural families.
The interim government's advisory council has approved a proposal to declare cotton fibre an agricultural product, press secretary Shafiqul Alam said.
In an age of tractors and power tillers, a farmer in Monohardi, Narsingdi, still works his land with a wooden plough.
A mother in Burichang, Cumilla, grew strawberries on a trial plot so her child could eat them, and has already sold part of the harvest.
Krishnachura trees around the Muktamancha open-air stage in Kishoreganj town are in full red bloom, drawing visitors from across the district.
CropsIn May 2025 farmers on the Teesta chars of Lalmonirhat, where sweet pumpkin was grown on 1,320 hectares, were pleased with a bumper harvest, but prices below the previous year's and poor marketing held back their profits.
More than 100 maize farmers in Chuadanga Sadar say their Naba Zero 55 plants produced no cobs, leaving them with heavy losses and debts.
Low costs, few diseases and good prices are drawing more farmers in Jhalokati to sesame, now grown on 396 hectares.
Hail in Chapainawabganj's Gomostapur and Nachole upazilas damaged paddy and mango on 248 hectares, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension.
Jhenaidah farmers have a bumper boro crop on more land than targeted, but rain and gusty winds at the end of April have wet the grain and complicated harvesting.
