The Punjab Agricultural University’s short-duration paddy variety is at the centre of controversy in the state for its ...

Farmers in Punjab are facing significant losses as they report being offered prices below the Minimum Support Price for ...

A PAU study reveals hybrid rice mixed with PR 126 lowers yields and increases breakage, prompting millers to refuse milling ...

ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra launches a groundbreaking study on traditional rice varieties preserved by Padma Shri ...

Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa says rice millers of the state have been staring at an estimated ₹6,000-crore loss.

JAGTIAL: Hundreds of Raithu Aikya Vedika members on Friday gathered in front of the collectorate in Jagtial and staged a ...

District Collector C Narayana Reddy instructed the organizers of the paddy procurement centres to purchase fine variety and ...

Procurement pangs continue as millers across the state are refusing to accept the PR-126 variety besides some hybrid ...

Parties trade charges, CM Mann approaches Centre as lack of storage space, ‘low yield’ from new varieties hit procurement ...

While common paddy will be procured at the minimum support price, superfine varieties would fetch the ₹500/quintal premium. Farmers, however, are unhappy with the move questioning the numbers ...

Nalgonda: Paddy procurement operations have commenced in Nalgonda district, with an estimated 7.50 lakh metric tons of paddy ...

Government announces separate procurement centres for fine and non-fine rice varieties with ₹500 bonus per quintal incentive.