Animal keepers can apply to get the reward of five lakh rupees

07/08/2021Posted on
Animal keepers can apply to get the reward of five lakh rupees

In order to further encourage the cattle rearers who have done good work in the field of animal husbandry, the government announces many types of awards. In this series, the Rashtriya Gokul Mission scheme is being run by the Central Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department for cattle rearers and dairy farmers. Under this, Gopal Ratna Award will be given.

The Gopal Ratna award given under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission scheme is given in three categories. Five lakh rupees are given in the first category, three lakh rupees in the second and two lakh rupees in the third.

You can apply online for this award. The last date for application is 15th September. Till evening, the farmers of the country can apply to get the benefit of this award. You can apply by visiting www.dahd.nic.in.

Source: TV9 Bharatvarsh

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Manage TOSPO virus in tomato crop

07/08/2021Posted on
Tomato spotted wilt

  • TOSPO virus is a viral disease of the tomato crop mainly due to poor nutritional management and is spread by thrips. Poor nutrient management refers to the use of ammonium fertilizers, excessive use of amino acids, use of poultry manure etc.

  • Its symptoms are curling of leaves, black spots on leaves and yellowish-green spots on fruits. It can be managed by proper application of micronutrients and control of carriers that spread the TOSPOvirus. To overcome the deficiency of nutrients, micronutrients can be sprayed, as well as to control thrips in tomato crop, spray the following insecticides-

  • Spray Fipronil 5% SC 2 gm or Cyantraniliprole 10.26 % Od 240 ml or Spinosad 45% SC 75 ml per acre. 

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Do better management in the flowering stage of cotton

07/08/2021Posted on
Do better management in the flowering stage of cotton

  • In the cotton crop, 40-50 days after sowing, the infestation of sucking insects like aphid, jassid, white fly, thrips, spider, pink boll worm  that damage cotton balls and other fungal diseases like leaf spot etc. is mainly seen at the time of flowering / ball formation stage, control of these pests and diseases. Along with this, arrangements should be made at the proper time to get good numbers of flowering. 

  • Management: Can be Spray Profenofos 40 % + Cypermethrin 4% EC @ 400 + Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP @ 500 g + Gibberellic Acid  0.001% @ 300 ml + Abamectin @ 150 ml /acre.

  • After 10-15 days spray Novaluron 5.25% + Emamectin Benzoate 0.9 SC @ 600 ml/acre or Bavaria bassiana @ 500 gm/ acre + Amino acid @ 300 ml + 0:52:34 @ 1 kg/acre.

  • At this stage, the cotton crop needs more nutrition, for this the following nutrients can be used –

  • Apply urea @ 30 kg acre + MOP @ 30 kg acre + magnesium sulphate @ 10 kg / acre in the field.

  • Urea helps in supplying nitrogen, MOP(Potash) acts to increase the size of cotton balls, Magnesium sulphate supplies the micronutrient Magnesium.

  • In this way, by managing nutrition, pests and diseases, a lot of profit is obtained from the cotton crop.

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Heavy rain is likely in Madhya Pradesh during the next 24 hours

07/08/2021Posted on
weather article

There is a possibility of heavy rain in West Madhya Pradesh and East Rajasthan during the next 24 hours. After that, the rain will decrease. Rain activities are likely to increase over West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar. Scattered rain activities are likely to start over Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Monsoon will remain weak over South Peninsula including Interior Maharashtra.

Source: Skymet Weather

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Gram Vyapar gave a new high to the business of the crop trader of Ratlam

06/08/2021Posted on
Gram Vyapar gave a new high to the business of the crop trader of Ratlam

Traders who trade in crops have to work hard to find the source of the crops. Be it farmers living in remote villages or other vendors living in different regions, it takes a lot of time and effort to reach out to all of them, discuss the quality and price of the crop, and finally negotiate a deal. The cost of this work also becomes very high. But now the traders are doing this work very easily sitting at home on the Gram Vyapar of the Gramophone app. One of these traders is Ashok Kumar Patidar of Ratlam district who has been trading crops from Gram Vyapar for the last several months.

Ashok Kumar Patidar while talking about his experiences of trading crops from Gram Vyapar said that “I have been trading in many crops for the last 10 years but during this time I did not get any big platform to increase my business. A few months back I got a big platform in the form of Gram Vyapar of Gramophone. I got many traders and many farmers on Gram Vyapar. Now I am able to do my business easily in many other states of the country also.

He further said that “I bought the crops of the farmers who got me from Gram Vyapar, it also benefited the farmers and I also benefited. Gram Vyapar helped the farmers by removing the trouble in travelling around the traders. Now farmers sit at home and settle the deal by contacting traders like us.

Ashok ji said that he did so much business in the last one month with Gram Vyapar, which sometimes could not be done even in six months. He told that the work related to business which used to take 2 days earlier, is now done in a few hours.

Gram Vyapar has started to modernize the trade of crops. Although this is just the beginning, in the coming months it is expected that ‘Gram Vyapar’ will completely change the business of crops and will become a reason for the prosperity of the farmers as well as the traders.

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Herbicides to control weeds in onion crop

06/08/2021Posted on
Herbicides to control weeds in onion crop

  • Onion is an important cash crop that is grown in Kharif as well as in rabi season. The Kharif and rabi onion cultivation is predominantly grown under light to medium soils that face weed competition from weeds like Dactyloctenium aegyptium, Eleusine indica, Cynodon dactylon, Cyperus rotundus, and Parthenium hysterophorus.

  • Application of Pendimethalin 38.7% CS @ 700 ml/acre at 3 days after transplanting are recommended for effective weed control in onion along with one weeding by hand at 25-30 days after transplanting in Kharif crop. 

  • The combined application of Oxyfluorfen 23.5 % EC @ 100 ml/l + Quizalofop Ethyl  5 % EC @ 300 ml per acre at 20-25 days after transplanting and having at 30-35 days after transplanting good control of weed and higher bulb yield.

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Heavy rain forecast in Madhya Pradesh today, know the weather forecast

06/08/2021Posted on
Weather Update

2 Low-pressure areas can give good rains over Central India, East India and North India. Rain will increase in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana. Heavy rain is also expected in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal. Monsoon will remain weak over South India including West Rajasthan, Gujarat and interior parts of Maharashtra.

Source: Skymet Weather

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Weed outbreak will increase in Paddy Crop, Manage it soon

05/08/2021Posted on
Weed outbreak will increase in Paddy Crop

Weed control is one of the most difficult and laborious cultural activities in paddy cultivation. If not controlled properly, crop loss can be up to 50%.

The following herbicides can help you, control weeds in the paddy crop:

  • Spray Pretilachlor 50% EC @ 400 ml/acre (dispersed evenly in 4-5 cm deep standing water) or Pretilchlor 30.7% EC 600 ml mixed with 15-20 kg of sand in both nurseries and direct-seeded rice (DSR) at appropriate moisture 48 hours after sowing. broadcast per acre within the hour or 

  • Spray Pyrazosulfuron Ethyl 10% WP @ 40 gm/acre (3-5 days) or

  • Spray Bispyribac-Sodium 40% EC @ 80 ml/acre (15-20 days)

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