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Sluggish wheat sowing: Only 27% of targeted area covered in Punjab

Experts at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have asked farmers to sow wheat crop by November 15 as it is instrumental in maximising wheat yields. Punjab has achieved a mere 27% of the targeted 32 lakh hectares for the 2023-24 rabi season under wheat even as the recommended time to complete sowing is just two days away.

Punjab has achieved a mere 27% of the targeted 32 lakh hectares for the 2023-24 rabi season under wheat even as the recommended time to complete sowing is just two days away. (HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 14, 2023 05:28 AM IST
ByVishal Joshi, Bathinda

Punjab logs 3,230 farm fires, highest this season

Officials attributed the sudden spike to a shorter window farmers had to prepare the fields for the next crop — wheat — and said that the next seven days would be crucial to see the “positive results” of fewer cases this year.

A farmer burns paddy stubble in a field, at a village near Jalandhar, Sunday. (PTI)
Updated on Nov 06, 2023 07:42 AM IST

Punjab logs 3,230 farm fires, highest this season

Officials attributed the sudden spike to a shorter window farmers had to prepare the fields for the next crop — wheat

Ludhiana, India – November 05, 2023: Despite a ban on the Stubble Burning, local farmers are still indulged in the practice, ignoring the orders and effect on the environment. Farmers are setting the stubble on fire in tjeir fields at Chandigarh Road and village near Pakhowal in Ludhiana on Sunday, November 05, 2023. (Photo Gurpreet Singh/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Nov 06, 2023 05:38 AM IST

Ludhiana: PAU Experts warn farmers against notorious weed

PAU vice-chancellor (V-C) Satbir Singh Gosal warned that gulli-danda if not controlled in time, will lead to reduced wheat grain yield

Experts of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have cautioned the farmers against the emergence of the most troublesome weed in wheat, Phalaris minor (gulli-danda). (HT File)
Updated on Nov 06, 2023 05:00 AM IST
By, Ludhiana

Polls, procurement drive up wheat MSP

For Indian agriculture to come out of its systemic viability crisis, both the economic and political discourse need to move beyond MSPs.

A worker sifts wheat before filling in sacks. (Reuters file photo)
Published on Oct 19, 2023 10:16 PM IST
ByHT Editorial
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