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GM maize farming triggers major concerns in Mulugu

GM maize farming triggers major concerns in Mulugu

Local farmers were told that the seeds would produce up to 4 tonnes per acre, but the yields were far lower, raising...

11 March 2025 7:55 PM

IIMR Pushes for Maize Hybrid Licensing Amid Bio-Fuel Expansion

IIMR Pushes for Maize Hybrid Licensing Amid Bio-Fuel Expansion

HYDERABAD: The rising importance of maize in making ethanol, which is used in poultry feed and also blended with petrol...

30 Nov 2024 7:06 PM

AP to get 2L tonnes of duty-free maize

AP to get 2L tonnes of duty-free maize

Vijayawada: Union minister for finance Nirmala Sitharaman has assured the import of two lakh tonnes of maize under a...

23 Sept 2024 5:04 PM

Farmers of Gadag are worst affected as the district received merely 50 per cent of the normal rainfall in June. Sowing operations have been witnessed in only 40 per cent of the farm land as farmers are hesitant to resume agriculture activity due to failure of monsoon for two years.

South-west monsoon makes farmers smile in Telangana

Agriculture officials said 16 varieties of crops mainly paddy, cotton, maize, red gram and soya beans would be...

13 Jun 2024 1:17 PM

A big tree uprooted due to gales at Taduvai village n Jangareddygudem mandal of Eluru district on Saturday (A. Manikanta Kumar/DC)

Heavy rains damage crops in Godavari districts

KAKINADA: Heavy rains have battered several areas of erstwhile East and West Godavari districts on Saturday, damaging...

19 March 2023 2:25 AM