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Bhairab Farmers Busy Transplanting Aman Paddy Despite Scant Rain
Farmers in Bhairab are busy preparing land and transplanting Aman seedlings, using irrigation to make up for the lack of rain.
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Ashwina Mango at Tk 15,000 a Maund, Yet Growers Count Losses
Ashwina mangoes now fetch up to Tk 15,000 a maund in Chapainawabganj, but growers say much of their crop has rotted and they are still losing money.
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Bitten by Snake in the Morning, Farmer Dies on the Way to Hospital
A farmer, Golam Kibria, 50, died after a venomous snakebite in Mirsarai, Chattogram, having told no one at home that he had been bitten.
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Rain Held Hostage by Heat, Farmers Distraught Over Dry Seedbeds
With July rainfall about half of normal and August forecast to stay hot, fields that should be flooded are cracked and farmers are distraught over Aman and Aus cultivation.
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Ashwina Mangoes Fail to Fetch a Price in Their GI Year
Chapainawabganj's Ashwina mango recently won geographical indication status, but this year farmers cannot recover their production costs from selling it.
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Started as a Hobby, Rocky's 3-Acre Orchard Now Grows Many Mango Varieties
A young garments businessman in Tongibari, Munshiganj, who planted mango trees to give his family formalin-free fruit, now runs a three-acre commercial orchard with 20 to 25 varieties.
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Latkan Makes Kaliganj Farmers Self-Reliant
Latkan, a once little-grown fruit, has transformed the economy of Kaliganj upazila in Gazipur, making farmers self-reliant and reaching markets abroad.
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Aus Farming Booms in Dinajpur
Dinajpur has had a bumper aus paddy yield, with the DAE expecting 30,000 tonnes of rice and farmers keen to expand the crop next year.
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Farmers' Profit Ends Up in Cattle Traders' Pockets
Farmers in Sirajganj who spend months rearing cattle for Eid-ul-Azha say they are left with little after costs, while traders profit by reselling the same animals.
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Tk 30-40 Crore of Mangoes Sold Daily at Kansat Market
Good prices have brought the Kansat mango market to life, with an estimated Tk 30-40 crore of mangoes changing hands each day.
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Prices High Despite Record Output: Where Is the Surplus Rice Going?
Despite record rice harvests and a surplus over demand, consumers in Bangladesh are paying high prices for rice.
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Dry paddy now reaching Bhairab, price up Tk 350 a maund
Paddy prices at Bhairab's market have risen by Tk 200 to 350 a maund in two weeks as dry boro paddy arrives from the haor.
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No One Wants to Understand Farmers' Suffering: Food Minister
Everyone wants to eat cheaply but no one wants to understand farmers' suffering, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said in Naogaon.