Higher input costs, no subsidies: Wheat farmers in Pak Punjab feel the pinch

Tehseen Athar sold gandum (wheat) grown on 8 acres of his 12-acre holding at Pakistani rupees…

Why Punjab farmers are reluctant to bank on two key stubble management machines

Two aggressively promoted crop residue management machines by the government — Happy Seeder and Super-Straw Management…

Explained: Curious case of Punjab’s missing 11,275 paddy stubble machines

The Punjab government has recently marked a vigilance enquiry after physical verification of subsidised machines meant…

Punjab govt accepts 12 of 13 demands, farmers to lift dharna at Chandigarh-Mohali border

After a marathon meeting between leaders of protesting farmers’ organizations and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann…

No end to power crisis, Punjab govt notifies district-wise paddy transplantation date

Punjab’s Agriculture and Farmers Welfare department on Friday notified various dates for sowing paddy in different…

After bonus for DSR adoption, CM Bhagwant Mann promises MSP for alternative crops

With paddy sowing set to begin in Punjab, CM Bhagwant Mann declared that to encourage crop…

Demand up, govt procurement of Punjab wheat hits 15-yr low

Government wheat procurement in Punjab is set to fall to a 15-year low, with private purchases…