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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.
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Paddy Prices Fail to Cover Farmers' Costs in Netrokona
Netrokona's farmers had a bumper Boro harvest but say the market price of paddy does not cover their rising production costs.
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Tangail college student Nahid succeeds with 'black rice'
A 24-year-old college student in Basail, Tangail, has grown a bumper crop of Vietnamese black rice from seed bought online, though officials note the variety is not officially listed.
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Farmer Alamin hopes for high yield from black paddy
A farmer in Jhikargachha, Jashore, is growing Vietnamese black rice for the first time in his village and expects a good yield.
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Paddy Sales Not Covering Production Costs, Farmers at a Loss
After the costliest boro season on record, farmers say paddy prices are too low to recover what they spent growing it.
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Scorching Sun a Windfall for Dinajpur's Boro Farmers
Dinajpur's boro farmers are using the heatwave to dry and store their paddy in the hope of better prices.
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PRAN Begins Buying Boro Paddy and Maize in Dinajpur
Banga Millers Limited, a PRAN sister concern, has started procuring boro paddy and maize from contract farmers in Dinajpur.
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Farmers Get Higher Boro Yields With Synchronised Cultivation in Singra
Farmers in Singra, Natore, are getting about 33 maunds a bigha from Boro grown by synchronised cultivation with tray-raised seedlings, while saving labour, fertiliser and seed.
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Farmers All Smiles After Growing Three BRRI Rice Varieties
Farmers in Kaliganj, Gazipur, reported yields of about one maund per decimal from three new BRRI rice varieties at a harvest field day.
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33% of Boro Paddy Harvested Nationwide, 90% in Haor
A third of the country's boro paddy and 90 per cent in the vulnerable haor wetlands had been harvested by 30 April, the agriculture minister said.
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Wholesale Rice Prices Fall but Retail Markets See No Change
New Boro rice has started to push down wholesale and mill prices, but Dhaka's retail rice prices have not moved.
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Government to Buy 16.5 Lakh Tonnes of Paddy and Rice in Boro Season
The government will buy 16.5 lakh tonnes of paddy and rice from the domestic market in the coming boro season.
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What to Do if Heat Causes Chaff in Paddy
The Agricultural Information Service has advised farmers what to do when heat causes chaff in paddy.