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Machine Farming Raises Yields and Cuts Labour and Costs in Cumilla
A 50-acre synchronised farming block in Debidwar, Cumilla, using rice transplanters, combine harvesters and BRRI dhan102 averaged 91 maunds an acre and saved Tk 19,815 an acre.
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Litchi Yield Fails in Faridpur This Season
Lack of rain and a prolonged heatwave have caused a litchi yield failure in Madhukhali, Faridpur, leaving growers and seasonal traders facing heavy losses.
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BRAC built a solar-powered mobile irrigation pump for dry-season farming in Nilganj, Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali; by May 2025 the pump, which can be set up beside any pond, canal or reservoir, had become popular with local farmers.
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Over 100 Maize Farmers in Chuadanga Hit by Substandard Seed
More than 100 maize farmers in Chuadanga Sadar say their Naba Zero 55 plants produced no cobs, leaving them with heavy losses and debts.
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A Market for Paddy Harvest Labourers Wakes at Dawn
Each boro season, farm labourers gather at dawn at Nurbag in Abhaynagar, Jashore, waiting for farmers to hire them to cut paddy.
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Jhenaidah Farmers Happy with Boro Yield but Hit by Late Storms and Rain
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.
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Wild Elephants on the Rampage, Farmers Cut Half-Ripe Paddy
Farmers in Sherpur's Nalitabari have begun cutting half-ripe Boro paddy as herds of wild elephants raid their fields in the hills.
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Boro Paddy Brings Smiles to Jhalakathi Farmers
A bumper Boro crop in Jhalakathi, with yields above last year's and good market prices, has brought smiles to the district's farmers as harvesting gets under way.
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From Hunger to National Best Farmer: Sureshwar Mallik's Safe Vegetable Farming
Sureshwar Mallik of Dumuria, Khulna, who once ate soaked rice for lack of money, now grows safe vegetables year-round using modern techniques and has won national honours.
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Sunamganj's 10 Lakh Farmers Fear Losing Their Crop
Farmers in Sunamganj's haors fear losing a bumper boro crop to flash floods after a forecast of a week of heavy rain.
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Farmers in Trouble Over Potato Storage
Potato farmers in Cumilla's Burichang are storing their bumper crop under tarpaulins in the open, with cold stores full and prices below production cost.
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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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Purple Paddy Among Green Fields: Chapainawabganj Farmer Rabiul Dreams Big
A farmer in Gomastapur upazila of Chapainawabganj has grown purple leaf rice on 12 katha of land, drawing farmers and visitors to his field.