Union-level agricultural extension and advice centres built in Joypurhat in the 1980s have been left to decay, and farmers say they have lost a key source of advice.
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 November 2025 farmers and traders in Joypurhat's Panchbibi and Khetlal upazilas alleged that three cold stores had sold their stored potatoes without informing them. The cold stores said the potatoes risked rotting and space had to be freed.
Farmers in Joypurhat are turning waterlogged low land to water chestnut, a three-month crop that costs little and sells well.
VegetablesWith potatoes selling for Tk 8 to Tk 9 a kilogram in April 2025 and no room in cold storage, Joypurhat growers were boiling their crop for their cattle. A livestock officer warned that too much potato, especially raw, could cause bloat and other illness.
The traditional Dol Purnima fair at Gopinathpur in Akkelpur, Joypurhat, known above all as a horse market, has drawn traders, buyers and visitors from across the country.
Farmers in Joypurhat say they wait for days at cold-store gates and cannot get storage cards while traders' potatoes are loaded in at night, despite a government cap on rent.
Intercropping, easier payment and technical support have pushed up sugarcane cultivation in Joypurhat, raising output at the Joypurhat Sugar Mill.
A bumper winter harvest has sent radish prices in Joypurhat down to about Tk 1 a kg and cauliflower to Tk 2 each, leaving farmers unable to cover costs.
Potato farmers in Joypurhat say traders have created an artificial shortage of seed potatoes and are selling them far above the fixed price.
Border guards seized 3.6 kg of snake venom valued at about Tk 23.5 crore that smugglers abandoned near the Dinajpur border.
A young man in Joypurhat has rescued a sick marabou stork, a rare bird, which the forest department has taken for treatment.
Joypurhat's largest cattle market is packed ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, with more cattle than last year and slightly lower prices, according to traders.
