CropsEight companies told to pull adulterated fertiliser off the market
Laboratory tests on 16 samples collected at Saturia in Manikganj found products from eight companies to be adulterated; the upazila has more than 37,000 farmers.
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CropsFertiliser dealers get Tk3 a kilo; the farmer's price stays where it was
Dealer-level prices for urea, TSP, DAP and MOP have each been cut by one taka a kilogram, lifting the dealer margin for the first time since 2009.
CropsForty sacks, six hundred farmers: fertiliser protests hit three Nageshwari unions
Farmers blocked roads at Nageshwari in Kurigram after waiting all morning for fertiliser; one dealer said he had 40 sacks in store against about 600 farmers.
CropsIn Ghatail, a sack of TSP costs Tk450 more than the official price
The government rate for a 50kg sack of TSP is Tk1,350, but dealers in this Tangail upazila are quoting Tk1,800, farmers say.
Crops1.2m tonnes in the godowns, and farmers still queue for nothing
At least 15 farmer protests in a month, 204 mobile courts and 1,700 sacks recovered: why fertiliser in store is not reaching the field.