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Farmers to take up cotton as substitute to toor according to the Agriculture Department

Mr. Manjunath said that currently cotton is cultivated on around 18,000 hectares in the district and the department plans to…

6 years ago

Cotton professor appointed to lead MSU department

A Mississippi State cotton agronomist is the new head of the university’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences. Darrin Dodds,…

5 years ago

Farmers have no alternative to the cost-intensive Bt cotton seeds

So far, licences for supply equal to 1.25 crore bags have been granted, with that of another 50 crore in…

6 years ago

Telangana State to issue bar-coded ID cards for cotton growers

The Agriculture Department of Telangana with the help of Revenue Department has taken a novel decision to issue bar-coded tamper…

7 years ago

Punjab state sets target of 4 lakh hectares under cotton cultivation

The Indian state of Punjab Agriculture Department has set a target of 4 lakh hectares to be brought under cotton…

7 years ago

Vidarbha farmers gets good result for higher GP cotton variety

Farmers in Wardha district, cultivating Surpass (Firstclass) a high lint cotton variety obtained good results in an experimental project conducted…

7 years ago

Drought in India can affect the cotton harvest

The Cotton Association of India lowered its cotton production forecast for India in the agricultural season 2018/19 by 10.3%. Will…

5 years ago

MSP of Rs 5450 per quintal to procure cotton

Speaking with the district collectors, Rao ordered them to turn Cotton and ginning mills as cotton purchase centres like last…

6 years ago

Pink bollworm strikes cotton crop in Maharashtra, India

According to the official, an economic threshold is the insect's population level or extent of crop damage at which the…

6 years ago

Death of cotton plants if rainwater remains stagnant in the cotton field for over 48 hours

A spokesman for the department said that mulching method must be adopted to keep the temperature of land moderate and…

6 years ago