FruitsA heavy shower around 10pm on Sunday, 15 March 2026, fell on Chapainawabganj's mango orchards at full blossom. Growers told Jagonews24 they feared the rain would ruin blossom and young fruit; the district agriculture office said farmers had been alerted.
CropsSunflower was grown on 55 hectares in Dinajpur in the 2025-26 season against a target of 54, the district's agriculture extension office said in March 2026, and about 69 tonnes of seed were expected.
FlowersSunflowers were in bloom on 178 hectares in Tangail's 12 upazilas in March 2026, and the DAE said farmers would profit if the weather stayed favourable.
FruitsIn March 2026 Meherpur's mango orchards were in full bloom and growers expected a bumper crop, but they said a missing export market and the official picking timetable could cost them, while the district agriculture office said it was working on both.
FruitsIn early March 2026, weeks before the main season, a few Chapainawabganj orchards were already picking early Katimon mangoes, which sold for Tk 300 a kilogram in the town market as iftar demand rose during Ramadan.
FruitsIn early March 2026, 80 to 85 per cent of litchi trees in the main growing areas of Ishwardi upazila in Pabna were in blossom, and growers and agriculture officials were hoping for a bumper crop after a poor 2025 season.
FruitsIn late February 2026 mango trees across the Rajshahi University campus were thick with blossom. Two of the university's teachers linked the heavy flowering to less fog, a colder winter and two lean years that let the trees rest.
VegetablesIn mid-February 2026 Joypurhat's potato yields were good, but farmers said prices of Tk 200 to 230 a maund left them Tk 10,000 to 15,000 short on every bigha they grew.
CropsFarmers in Araihazar and Rupganj upazilas of Narayanganj went back to sugarcane and field-made jaggery, and the district's agriculture office put the 2025-26 crop at 136 hectares, up on the year before, Jagonews24 reported on 30 January 2026.
CropsIn January 2026 residents of Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, were growing beans, gourds, brinjal, red amaranth and other winter vegetables on about 4 km of the Dhaka-Rangpur highway divider, with advice from the upazila agriculture office.
AgrotechIn January 2026 a polynet house in Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat, set up under a Department of Agricultural Extension project for Rajshahi division, was selling vegetable and flower seedlings raised in cocopeat, and farmers who had planted them told Jagonews24 their crops had done well.
CropsIn early January 2026 Bangladesh's Department of Agricultural Extension warned that potato late blight could reach epidemic levels in winter. The symptoms, preventive steps and BARI's recommended fungicide sprays.
BARI Mustard-20, a short-duration, high-yielding and stress-tolerant variety, is being spread in Sirajganj to use the gap between the Aman and Boro rice seasons.
