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College Student Succeeds Growing Cucumbers With Mulching in Sharsha
Twelfth-grade student Monjurul Ahsan of Sharsha, Jashore, is growing hybrid cucumbers on 50 decimals with polythene mulching and employing five to seven people.
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Meherpur Farmers Happy With Drumstick Yield
Favourable weather and no natural disasters have given Meherpur a good drumstick harvest, with branches bending under the weight of the pods.
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BRRI Seed Sower Machine Can Sow 7,000 Seeds an Hour
BRRI has developed a seed sower that evenly sows 7,000 to 7,300 rice seeds an hour, alongside a whole-feed combine harvester, transplanters, weeders and an improved solar light trap.
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Storms and Hail Feared on Friday and Saturday: What Farmers Should Do to Protect Crops
With storms and hail forecast for 31 March and 1 April, the Agriculture Information Service has told farmers how to limit damage to standing crops.
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Shimul Blossoms Light Up the Railway at Salap in Sirajganj
A thousand flowering shimul trees along the railway at Salap in Sirajganj are drawing crowds, even as the tree becomes scarce across the district.
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Prices Down, Interest in Rubber Farming Falls in Tripura
With rubber prices nearly halved in three years and wages doubled, farmers in South Tripura are abandoning rubber for rice, wheat and vegetables.
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Dinajpur Farmers Busy Growing Tomatoes
After harvesting early potatoes, Dinajpur farmers have planted summer tomatoes on 1,142 hectares and are hoping for a bumper yield.
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Sagar Succeeds With Mushroom Farming in Naogaon
Naogaon vegetable seller Sagar Ali made about Tk 70,000 from his first mushroom crop and has now scaled up to a commercial farm of 300 packets.
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Synchronised Boro Rice Cultivation Launched in Chuadanga
The Department of Agricultural Extension has launched synchronised Boro cultivation using farm machinery for 103 farmers on 150 bighas in Alamdanga, Chuadanga.
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SAU Red Ruby: New Tomato Variety Developed at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
After seven years of crossing and selection, a Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University professor has developed SAU Red Ruby, a firm, sweet, striped tomato variety.
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Cucumber Brings Smiles to Sirajganj Farmers
Farmers in Sirajganj are getting good prices for cucumber, with hundreds of tonnes traded daily at depots and sent to Dhaka, Chattogram, Bogura and Sylhet.
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Joypurhat Couple Succeed With Purple Cauliflower
Commercial cultivation of nutritious purple cauliflower has begun in Joypurhat for the first time, with a farming couple in Bhadsa earning good prices from a 15-decimal trial plot.
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Ideal Seedbeds for Boro Paddy Gaining Popularity
Ideal seedbeds for boro paddy are becoming more popular because they produce healthier seedlings at lower cost, with less risk of cold injury.