Agribusiness
Chittagong Urea Fertilizer resumes production after a 27-day breakdown
The state-owned Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited at Anwara restarted urea production early on Friday after mechanical faults had kept it shut for 27 days.
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Urea Fertiliser
CropsMaize farmers on Gaibandha's chars cannot get enough fertiliser at sowing
Gaibandha targets maize on 18,000 hectares across 165 chars this season, but farmers say dealers cannot supply the urea they need and many pay Tk 400-500 more a sack elsewhere; the extension office says warehouses hold enough.
AgribusinessGas cut halts Jamuna fertiliser factory again, days after its latest restart
Two days after it resumed urea production on Friday, the Jamuna fertiliser factory in Jamalpur halted again at 5 am on Sunday when Petrobangla and Titas cut its gas; it produced 1,600 tonnes in those two days.
AgribusinessJamuna Fertilizer Factory back in production after 16-day boiler shutdown
Jamuna Fertilizer Factory in Jamalpur, restarted on 6 October after about eight months without gas and stopped the next night by a boiler fault, resumed urea production on the morning of 23 October.
AgribusinessBangladesh to buy 70,000 tonnes of urea from KAFCO and Saudi SABIC for Tk 364 crore
The cabinet committee on government purchase has approved buying 30,000 tonnes of urea from Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company (KAFCO) and 40,000 tonnes from Saudi Arabia's SABIC Agri-Nutrients, at a total cost of Tk 364.54 crore, to meet farm demand.
AgrotechBiochar from farm waste lifted maize yields up to 29% and rice up to 23%, scientists say
Biochar made by heating straw, wood and crop residue without oxygen raised maize yields by up to 29 per cent and aus rice by 23 per cent alongside balanced fertiliser, and could cut urea use by a quarter, scientists told a BARC workshop.
Agribusiness
Idle Ashuganj fertiliser plant could make 528,000 tonnes of urea a year if it gets gas
BCIC's Ashuganj urea factory, shut by the gas shortage, could produce 528,000 tonnes a year if it receives about 56 million cubic feet of gas a day without interruption, cutting fertiliser imports and foreign-currency spending, people in the sector say.
Agribusiness
Jamuna fertiliser factory restarts urea output after eight months without gas
Gas returned on 20 September but at 27-28 MMCF the pressure was too low; with enough pressure the plant restarted late on Monday night and expects 1,200 to 1,400 tonnes of urea a day.
Crops
150 sacks of illegally stocked urea seized at Kamarjani, Gaibandha; trader fined
A mobile court seized 150 sacks of urea and fined a pesticide trader Tk 5,000 at Kamarjani port in Gaibandha Sadar for bringing in and stocking fertiliser without authorisation.
Crops
Chattogram Urea Fertilizer back in production after a 12-day breakdown
CUFL restarted on 15 September after six months idle for want of gas, broke down two days later, and returned to urea production on Tuesday afternoon after repairs.
Crops
111 sacks of farmers' subsidised urea seized in Mithamain; two held, dealer named in case
Police in Mithamain, Kishoreganj arrested two men moving 111 sacks of subsidised urea meant for farmers to another union without permission; a licensed dealer is among four accused.
Agribusiness
Biofertiliser Meets the Need for Urea
A microbial biofertiliser developed by BINA supplies the nitrogen that pulse and oilseed crops would otherwise get from urea.