Hi, NewsWrap for April 22, 2023

22-April-2023: 100% Subsidy on Bamboo-Teak Cultivation, Heavy Rains Likely in Arunachal, Punjab's Food Minister, Precision Feeding

22 April 2023

  • Profitable Farming Idea: Earn Huge Profits with 100% Subsidy on Bamboo-Teak Cultivation!

    Along with farmers, private institutions can also take advantage of this scheme. This assistance will be given to farmers on plants like teak and tissue culture bamboo. Apart from this, when these trees grow, they will be purchased at the support price fixed by the government for purchase. In order to increase the income of farmers, farmers in Chhattisgarh are being offered a 100 percent subsidy on bamboo and teak trees. Under the Chief Minister’s Tree Sampada Yojana, farmers will get a 5 percent subsidy for planting 5000 saplings on 100 acres of land. At the same time, 5 percent financial assistance will be given on more than 50 acres of land. Apart from farmers, private institutions can also take advantage of this scheme.

     

  • Heavy Rains Likely in Arunachal & Assam, while Uttarakhand May See Isolated Hailstorms

    During this time, a trough to the northeast will bring rain/snow with localised thunderstorms and heavy falls to the region. Rainfall of 100 mm or more is anticipated in several regions of Arunachal Pradesh until early Saturday. The same trough may also hit East India, bringing light isolated showers, thunderstorms, and lightning to Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha from April 22 to 24. Another trough stretches from Telangana to South Tamil Nadu, and it is expected to provide mild, scattered rainfall with thunderstorms in areas of South and Central India throughout the next few days. During this time, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, and Chhattisgarh may see mild to moderate isolated rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds. On April 23, isolated hailstorms are possible in Chhattisgarh.

     

  • Punjab's Food Minister Transfers Rs 7,300 Crore to 2 Lakh Farmers Without Value

    Lal Chand Kataruchak, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister said that Punjab has procured about 45 lakh metric tonnes of wheat in the state mandis. Today, the minister was at Banga Mandi in the SBS Nagar district to take stock of the procurement operations. So far without imposing any value cut, he said, Rs 7,300 crore had been transferred to the accounts of two lakh farmers. “Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has given strict orders to the state procurement agencies that the full amount should be paid to farmers without causing any loss to them,” said the Minister, adding that the cut would be an injustice and add to the miseries of farmers who were already lurching under the wrath of heavy rains.

     

  • Precision Feeding: Optimizing Animal Nutrition Through Data Analytics & Precision Feeding Systems

    Precision feeding is an effective approach to reduce feed costs, and environmental footprint, and to improve animal health and welfare. It involves modern multidisciplinary technologies such as mechanics, automation, electronics, and information technology. These tools collect data, such as body weight, feed intake, and feeding behaviour, from the individual animals. This data is then processed and analysed based on mathematical models to make predictions, and warning for farmers, or formulate diets that fit the requirements of each individual animal at each production period. It is important as a healthy balanced diet is fundamental to economic animal production. The objectives of these practices are to increase profitability and reduce the excretion of nutrients to the environment.

     

  • Inadequate Storage Facilities Leave Farmers in Sangrur Disappointed

    Harjinder Singh, Lehra block press secretary of the BKU (Ugrahan) said, “Wheat lifting is slow. It seems the authorities want the grains to dry first. The recent rain and hailstorm spoiled wheat kept in the open in several villages. This has revealed the lack of the administration’s preparedness to procure wheat. The government should look after the issue.” Two days ago, hailstorms and rain lashed villages in the Lehra block and on March 31, there was heavy rain and hailstorm in many villages. According to the official figures, a total of 7,36,777 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat arrived in several grain markets of Malerkotla and Sangrur districts last evening.

     

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22 April 2023

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