Vegetables
A Quiet Mustard Revolution in Munshiganj's Potato Kingdom
Low costs, strong demand for mustard oil and free seed and fertiliser have drawn Munshiganj farmers to mustard, with cultivation this season exceeding the district's target.
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Edible Oil
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Yellow Waves Across Jhenaidah's Fields, Hopes of a Good Yield
Mustard has been grown on about 13,295 hectares in Jhenaidah this season, and farmers pleased with the crop are counting on a good profit.
CropsMagura Expects a Bumper Mustard Harvest from 22,893 Hectares
Mustard was in full flower across Magura in early January 2026; the Department of Agricultural Extension counted 22,893 hectares sown against a 25,090-hectare target and expected a bumper yield.
CropsMustard sowing in Sharsha, Jashore, reaches its 6,502-hectare target
On 28 December 2025 the Sharsha upazila agriculture office in Jashore said mustard had been sown on 6,502 hectares, the full target for the season, with sowing still under way and the final area expected to pass it.
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Pabna Farmers See New Hope in Mustard
Yellow mustard flowers have spread across Pabna's nine upazilas this winter, and farmers, encouraged by past yields and prices, hope for another good harvest.
CropsMustard blooms across Matlab in Chandpur as farmers hope for a bumper crop
In mid-December 2025 early mustard varieties covered about 1,555 hectares in Chandpur's Matlab upazila, the agriculture office said, and farmers and honey collectors expected a good season if the weather held.
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Success With Sesame Farming and Honey Production in Pirojpur
Farmers in Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur have grown sesame on 100 bigha and produced honey alongside it for the first time, already making Tk 1.5 lakh profit from honey.
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Sesame Farming Grows in Jhalokati as Farmers Hope to Recover
Low costs, few diseases and good prices are drawing more farmers in Jhalokati to sesame, now grown on 396 hectares.
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Zero-Tillage Sunflower Succeeds on Saline Land in the South
BINA trials show sunflower can be sown by dibbling without tillage on saline land after the Aman harvest, and the institute is spreading the technology across the south-west.
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Mirsharai Farmers Show Growing Interest in Sunflower
Sunflower cultivation for oil is expanding in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram, with many farmers taking it up on the upazila agriculture office's advice.
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Lakshmipur's Soybean Crop to Be Harvested Within a Month and a Half
Soybean covers 43,600 hectares across Lakshmipur's coastal chars, and farmers expect to harvest within a month to a month and a half.
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Beekeepers Busy as Mustard Yields Well
A good mustard crop in Barishal has kept beekeepers busy, and farmers say bee boxes beside their fields have produced a bumper yield.
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Interest in Sunflower Oil Farming Grows in Teknaf
Farmers in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, are turning to sunflower for oil, which they sell at Tk 400 to Tk 500 a kg, though the upazila has no modern oil press.