Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque yesterday said he is expecting a record production of Boro this year, as there were no early floods or any other serious challenges.

Agriculture Minister M Abdur Razzaque today said 35 percent of the paddy produced in the hoars has been harvested so far.

The government has decided to buy 16.5 lakh tonnes of Boro rice and paddy in a four-month drive beginning next month.

The government has increased fertiliser prices by Tk 5 per kg just a week after the National Coordination and Advisory Committee on Fertiliser announced it has no plan to hike the prices for the sake of agriculture production.

A farmer has tried to take his life by taking pesticide after failing to get irrigation water for his paddy field in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila.

Dealers and farmers will have to pay an additional Tk 5 per kg for fertilisers as the government has increased the prices of urea, DAP, TSP and MOP fertilisers

Boro paddies grown by a large number of farmers in Bagerhat have been ruined after some politically influential locals released saline water into the fields for the sake of shrimp farming.

AB Bank disburses Tk 1 lakh each as loan to 1,500 farmers in Madhupur, Dhanbari

The agriculture ministry is planning to take up a Tk 7,214 crore project to promote crop diversification and ensure food safety, aiming to gradually reduce the country’s dependency on imports. 

Mauritania has welcomed “contract farming” proposal from Bangladesh government to open arable land for Bangladeshi entrepreneurs..The initiative to leave large arable land to private sector by April will open a potential opportunity for Bangladeshi entrepreneurs and businessmen, said Yahya

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun says

Following four consecutive days of rainfall, watermelon fields in Barguna's Amtali upazila have been inundated and farmers are worried that their fruits will be ruined

The price of broiler chicken has started falling at the retail level in Bangladesh as four major poultry companies are now selling the meat for a maximum of Tk 195 per kg directly from their farms

However, households are shifting to palm oil from soybean for high prices

Many Bagerhat farmers are now making vermicompost and using it in place of chemical fertilisers. It is quickly becoming the choice of fertiliser in the district

Beef at Tk 640 a kg, mutton Tk 940 a kg, dressed broiler Tk 340 a kg, milk Tk 80 a litre and egg Tk 10 a piece

Mulching method, a modern farming technic for producing quality vegetables and fruits, is gaining popularity among farmers in Tangail region nowadays.

Poultry operators say at an international poultry seminar in Dhaka

Visitors making their way to Patuakhali's Rangabali upazila are often greeted with the view of trucks loaded with freshly harvested watermelons. The recurring sight is a result of the recent boom in the cultivation and business of watermelons, catalysed by the inauguration of the Padma Bridge

The tea workers demanded Tk 30,000 in arrears for 20 months in line with the hiked wages that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked tea garden owners to pay in August last year