Crops
Naogaon Farmers Plant Iri-Boro Despite Last Year's Losses
Carrying last year's losses, Naogaon farmers have thrown themselves into Iri-Boro planting despite biting cold and higher production costs.
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Crops
Wages Rise but Labourers Unhappy, Boro Farmers in a Bind in Mymensingh
Mymensingh farmers are planting Boro amid biting cold and higher costs, while labourers say wage rises have not kept pace with prices.
Environment
What Will End the Human-Elephant Conflict in Sherpur?
With no permanent solution in a decade and a half, wild elephants and people keep dying in the conflict on the Sherpur border, where settlements have spread into the animals' range.
Vegetables
Housewives Transform Vegetable Farming and Livestock Rearing on the Coast
In salt-hit Mongla, where farming and livestock had all but vanished, more than a hundred women are now growing vegetables and rearing goats and sheep.
Vegetables
Migratory Birds Arrive at Thakurgaon's Derka Pond for the First Time
Migratory birds have made the 0.83-acre Derka pond in Thakurgaon Sadar their winter home for the first time, delighting villagers and visitors.
Crops
Good Paddy Yield Brings No Smiles to Ishwardi Farmers
Farmers in Ishwardi, Pabna, have had a good Aman crop but say low paddy prices and higher costs leave them with no profit.
Environment
Thousands of Monkeys Roam Madaripur Town in Search of Food
Hunger has driven Charmugaria's monkeys into Madaripur town, and although government feeding resumed on 27 October, the animals have not returned home.
Crops
Hemanta's Nabanna Festival: Farmers and Labourers Busy Cutting and Threshing Paddy
As a good aman crop comes in across Naogaon, farmers prepare for Nabanna, though locals say the new-rice festival has lost much of its old character.
Crops
'A Loss if the Harvest Is Big, a Loss if It Is Poor'
Sherpur has had a high yield of winter vegetables, but heavy supply means farmers are not getting the prices they expected, and retail prices are starting to fall.
Crops
BRRI dhan75 Can Be Harvested in 95 Days
Grown on about 400 bighas in the Rajshahi region, the aromatic, short-duration BRRI dhan75 yielded over 5 tonnes a hectare and frees land for mustard.
Crops
Started as a Hobby, Moin Uddin's Deer Farm in Mirsarai Is Now a Tourist Spot
A deer farm started as a hobby in 2013 by expatriate Moin Uddin at Olinagar in Mirsarai, Chattogram, has become a tourist attraction.
Crops
Feni Farmers Rush to Grow Early Vegetables for Better Profit
Farmers across Feni's six upazilas are busy growing early winter vegetables in the hope of higher prices at the start of the season.
Crops
Pabna Farmers Frustrated by Paddy Prices
Farmers in Pabna say the price paddy is fetching leaves them no profit after costs, and many are turning away from rice, raising fears of lower output.