GalleryFarm, nature and village scenes from Prothom Alo's photo glimpse of 31 October: pangas catches in Shariatpur, aus paddy drying in Faridpur and rice fields in Rangamati.
CropsA FRIP-funded solar irrigation scheme on the Titas river delivers water through buried pipelines, cutting waste and irrigation costs; 75 bighas at Dolabari were planted with aus rice at once for the first time.
GalleryProthom Alo's 'Glimpse' pictures of 5 October show a day in the fields and orchards: Aus rice being cut and taken to market, date palm sap on sale early, yellow canna in bloom and haritaki fruit in clusters.
Calculations based on Department of Agricultural Extension data put 2026-27 rice production at 36.9 million tonnes against 37.65 million in 2025-26, with aus acreage down 100,000 hectares; the DAE director general says about 5.9 million hectares of aman are in good condition and expects a bumper cro
Harvesting and threshing are in full swing in Sadar, Lohagara and Kalia upazilas; the Department of Agricultural Extension expects a bumper crop if the weather holds, with free government incentives drawing more farmers to aus each year.
With no government procurement in the Aus season, farmers in Habiganj's Shayestaganj are selling to seasonal middlemen below cost and want market monitoring and public purchase of Aus paddy.
The Department of Agricultural Extension counts 62,187 hectares of HYV and 55,600 of local Aman across ten upazilas and the city, plus 3,017 hectares of Aus (1,155 in Mehendiganj) and 2,705 of vegetables; HYV paddy averages about 2.5 tonnes a hectare against 1.5 for local varieties, pulling farmers
With Boro procurement already above target and public granaries holding 44,000 tonnes more than they can properly store, Bangladesh is buying another 200,000 tonnes of rice from millers, 150 of whose applications carry MPs' recommendation letters, while Aus paddy in Naogaon sells for Tk 650-750 a
Aus paddy has slipped to Tk 700-800 a maund from Tk 1,000-1,050 a year ago; millers blame excess rice imports for weak demand and want government procurement in the Aus season too.
CropsHeavy rain and hill torrents in July 2026 damaged about 10,000 ponds, dighis and shrimp enclosures and more than 14,000 hectares of farmland in Chattogram, with fish worth over Tk 90 crore lost by the fisheries office's first count.
CropsIn August 2025 the upstream flow of the Padma submerged 2,252 hectares of cropland in several unions of Chapainawabganj, and farmers had to cut Aus paddy that had just come into ear and feed it to their cattle.
