Sulfur utility in soybean crop

23/06/2020Posted on
Sulfur utility in soybean crop
  • Sulfur is essential for soybean production, and some farmers are facing a shortage of sulfur due to its low consumption.
  • Sulfur contributes significantly to the manufacture of protein and oil in soybean crops.
  • Aids in the manufacture of foliage in sulfur leaves.
  • Sulfur increases the reactivity of enzymes in plants.
  • Symptoms of sulfur deficiency first appear on new leaves, which persist even after giving nitrogen.
  • The new leaves turn yellow.
  • The crops ripen relatively late and the seeds are not able to mature properly.
  • In the soybean crop, the bales located in the crops do not grow properly, due to which the natural nitrogen process is adversely affected.
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9.87 crore farmers can get loans up to 3 lakh rupees under KCC

23/06/2020Posted on
Kisan Credit Card will also help you in meeting domestic needs in lockdown

For every farmer associated with the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme, the Central Government has planned to give loans at a cheaper rate. The objective of this scheme is that no farmer should leave farming due to lack of money. Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary said that in the coming days, 2.5 crore farmers will be given a loan of Rs 2 lakh crore under the Kisan Credit Card. This huge amount will be given to the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.

Explain that the loan rate on Kisan Credit Card is 4%. Farmers can easily avail loans up to Rs 1.60 lakh without any security at the interest rate of 4%. Not only this, if the farmer pays this loan on time, then his loan amount can be increased to Rs 3 lakh.

The Union Minister of State for Agriculture further informed that from March 1 to now, about 3 crore farmers of the country have been provided an agricultural loan of Rs 4.22 lakh crore, in which 3 months interest has also been waived. Along with this, credit cards have also been issued to 25 lakh new farmers associated with the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme.

Source: Krishi Jagran

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Management of aphids and jassids

23/06/2020Posted on
Management of aphids and jassids
  • Aphid and jassid is an insect sucking pest of jacid crops. They are very small in size. Their shape is like the tip of a lentil. It is usually yellow-green or white with dark spots on its front wings. Jassids fly away when there is a slight movement on the crop. In crops, these kits suck the juice from the leaves and under the buds of the leaves.
  • For control of aphid and jassid, Imidacloprid 60% FS or Thiamethoxam 30% FS with 10 ml/kg seed should be given. This seed treatment keeps the crop free from sucking pests for one month.
  • Spraying of imidacloprid 17.8% SL @ 100 ml / acre or acetamiprid 20% WP @ 100 gram / acre or  acephate 50% + imidacloprid 1.8% SP @ 400 g / acre.

Biological Treatment:

  • Bavaria Basiana should be sprayed at the rate of 1 kg per acre.
  • Spraying of metrazium at the rate of 1 kg per acre
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Preparation and sowing of paddy nursery

22/06/2020Posted on
paddy nursery
  • Paddy should be planted in a field that is near the source of irrigation.
  • After the first rainfall in May-June, the ground should be leveled by running the field in the field chosen for the nursery. To prepare the plant, fill two to three cm of water in the field and plow it two or three times. So that the soil becomes leached and weeds are destroyed. After the last plowing, plow the field by planting the stock. So that Leh is well-formed in the field, which will help to uproot the plant for planting and to reduce the loss of roots.
  • To prepare the plants, make 1.25 m wide and 8 m long beds and use 10 kg/sqm FYM and micronutrients 100 gram/sqm per bed (10 sqm).
  • Keep in mind that the healthier the nursery, the better the yield.
  • Seed quantity – Transplanting of the one-acre area required 12-13 kg of fine rice varieties, 16-17 kg of middle grain varieties, and 20 to 30 kg seed seeds of coarse grains. is. While hybrid species require 7-8 kg of seeds per acre.
  • Chemical Seed Treatment – Firstly soak the seeds in water for 12 hours and before sowing in the nursery seed the seeds of Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP 2.5 gram/kg seed or Carboxin 37.8% + Thyram 37.8% 2.5 gram/kg seed.
  • Biological treatment: –  Trichoderma viride + PSB 10 gram + 5 gram / kg seed or Pseudomonas fluorescens + PSB 10 gram + 5 gram / kg seed
  • Nursery maintenance – irrigate seedlings in the nursery after two or three days of sowing. Spraying Fipronil 5% SC 30 ml / pump + Kasugamycin 5% + Copper oxychloride 45% WP 20 gram / pump + Humic acid 10 gram / pump nursery.
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This year farmers can produce record rice

22/06/2020Posted on
This year farmers can produce record rice

This year farmers can produce record rice

This year farmers of the country can produce a record in rice production. The reason behind this is being told by the government to increase the price of paddy and the possible good monsoon rains, due to which farmers are sowing paddy on a large scale. Due to this, there is likely to be a record increase in rice production in the country.

On this issue, the President of Rice Exporters Association of India BV Krishna Rao said that “farmers are interested in growing paddy. They are likely to expand due to government support. In the new marketing year we can produce 120 million tonnes. The government has increased the price at which it will buy new season rice from farmers.”

Nitin Gupta, vice-president of Olam India, said on the subject that “rising global prices, good monsoon rains and increasing exports are encouraging Indian farmers to plant more rice”. Gupta said that unlike its rivals, India has a large surplus for exports and it will grow further in the new season.

Source: Fasal Kranti

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Maize Varieties

22/06/2020Posted on
Fertilizer Management at the time of Sowing in Maize Crop

 

  • 6240 Syngenta:- They remain green even after maturity, due to which they are suitable for fodder, high yield, grains are semi dent type. Those which are filled to the end in the corn, grow in an adverse environment. Stocks and roots are resistant to rot and rust diseases.
  • Syngenta 6668:-Suitable for the irrigated area, high yield potential, large corn which is full till the end.
  • Pioneer 3401/Pioneer 3396:- It is a high yielding hybrid variety of the Kharif and Rabi seasons and its plant structure is suitable to give it a higher yield even on more dense sowing.
  • Dhanya 8255:-Tolerant to moisture stress, may be used for fodder purposes Good Husk cover and excellent standability, best performance even at 26000 plants/acre plant number.
  • NK-30:-Adaptable to tropical rain, ability to withstand stress/drought conditions, dark orange grains with excellent tip filling, high yield, adaptable to fodder.
  • The crop duration of all these varieties is 100-120 days and the seed rate is 5-8 kg/acre.

 

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Precautions to be taken while using weedicide

21/06/2020Posted on
  • Weedicide is the ultimate need of modern agricultural science. Weed control by weedicide control is more economical by laborers, mechanics.
  • Farmers should keep in mind the following things before selecting weeds.
  • Be sure The weedicide you use may or may not be used for many weeds.
  • Before buying weedicide, the date of its production and method of use should be read carefully.
  • Before spray, keep in mind that only a specified amount of weedicide is used. 
  •  in the initial stage of crops during the usage of weedicide by placing a hook on the pump so that the weedicide is not sprayed on the crops while this crop is saved from burning.
  •  If there is a suggested weedicide according to the crop, then use the same on that crop.
  • Do not mix weedicide with any insecticide and fungicide.
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Good news for farmers of MP: Limit for selling and buying Gram in Mandi ends

21/06/2020Posted on
Good news for farmers of MP Limit for selling and buying Gram in Mandi ends

There is good news from the government for the gram farmers of Madhya Pradesh. The government has now scrapped the earlier limit for selling and buying gram in the mandi. This means that now farmers can sell as much gram as they want in the market.

Significantly, until now farmers were allowed to sell only 25 quintals of gram in the market. But after the government’s decision to remove the limit, now the farmers will be able to sell their entire produce together in the market and they will not have to visit the market again and again. Explain that this time the purchase of gram in Madhya Pradesh at the support price will continue till June 30. This time Gram is being procured in the state at a support price of Rs 4875.

Source: News18

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Weed Management in Maize

21/06/2020Posted on
  • In the early stages of maize, crop Weeds cause damage. Therefore, it is necessary to do extracting.
  • Weeds are destroyed by using weedicide before germination on the second or third day of sowing.
  • Maize weeds are generally in the form of annual grass and narrow and broad leaves.
  • we can use following weedicide in maize 
  • Spraying of  Tembotrione 42% SC @ 115 ml / acre (in 2-3 leaf stage) or  Topramezone 33.6% SC @ 30 ml / acre (in 2-3 leaf stage).
  • Spraying 2,4 D @ 400 ml / acre (20-25  days after sowing).
  • Spray Atrazine 50% WP @ 500 gram / acre (3 to 5 days later).
  • If pulses crops are to be grown as intercrop, do not use atrazine. In its place, spraying Pendimethalin @ 800 ml/acre.
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Cotton Root rot Disease Management

20/06/2020Posted on
Identification and treatment of root rot disease in cotton crop
  • This disease occurs in both native and American varieties of cotton.
  • Usually, it occurs after the first monsoon rains the plant enters a state of 30-40 days.
  • Symptoms of root rot disease appear circular or field crops start drying up in circular patches.
  • The affected plant roots are  Melt  When you uproot the plants it’s easily uprooted.
  • Trichoderma viride should be used as soil treatment at the rate of 500 gram/acre.
  • Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP @ 500 gram / acre or thiophanate methyl 70% WP @ 500 gram / acre or Trichoderma viride @ 250 gram / acre
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