Purchase of gram, lentil and mustard at support price in Madhya Pradesh till this date

19/06/2020Posted on
Know the last date of purchase of wheat on support price in Madhya Pradesh

In Madhya Pradesh, procurement of gram, lentil, and mustard at the minimum support price is currently in progress and the last date of this process has now been extended to 29 July. Previously, the last date for procurement by the Agriculture Department was kept on 15 June which has now been extended.

Along with this, it has also been told that now the purchase will be made only from the farmers called by sending SMS. The purpose of doing this is to make storage arrangements simultaneously. On this issue, the state agriculture minister Kamal Patel has appealed to the farmers to keep their crops at home. Every grain of registered farmers’ produce will be purchased.

It is worth noting that so far six lakh 58 thousand tonnes of gram has been purchased in Madhya Pradesh at the support price and farmers have been paid Rs.3,700 crore as its value. Explain that this purchase process was started from May 29 and it will run for 90 days.

Source: Nai Dunia

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Do you know the new support price of mustard and gram crop?

11/03/2020Posted on

The time for harvesting of mustard and gram crops has arrived and thus the central government has fixed the support price for these two crops. The revised support price for gram has been fixed at Rs 4875, while the support price of mustard has been fixed at Rs 4425.

Information regarding Registration 

  • The farmers would have to submit their fingerprints for registration.
  • Farmers would also have to provide the photo-copy of some important documents like Aadhar card, Janadhar card / Bhamashah card, photocopy of bank passbook, and the date and serial number of P-35 of Girdawari.
  • It should be noted that only one farmer can register with one mobile number. For registration, the farmer will have to pay Rs 31.
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Management of painted bug on mustard crop

13/02/2020Posted on
  • Deep plowing so that the eggs of painted bugs are destroyed
  • Early sowing is needed to avoid pest attack
  • Irrigate the crop for four weeks after sowing to reduce pest attack
  • Spray thiamethoxam 25 % WP(evident/Areva) @ 300 gm/acre or
  • Spray Acephate 75%SP (remain) or
  • Spray Bifenthrin ( klintop/marker) @ 300 ml/acre
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Identification of painted bug on mustard

13/02/2020Posted on
  • A bug is black in color with red and yellow lines
  • Young plants wilt and wither as a result of the attack
  • Both the nymph and adult suck the sap of leaves and tender stems resulting in poor growth and pale yellow color of the leaves. 
  • In a later stage, the insects suck the sap of the pods with the result both quantity and quality of seed are adversely affected.
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Nutrients management in mustard

12/02/2020Posted on
  • The flowering stage is important in mustard crops.
  • In this stage, it is beneficial to increase the number of flowers and give hormones at the time of growth of pods.
  • For this, spraying of Homobrassinolide 0.04% @ 100 ml / acre with 19:19:19 @ 1 kg per acre.s
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Identification of mustard sawfly

23/01/2020Posted on
  • The adult fly is orange colored with a blackhead. 
  • Mustard sawfly larvae feed on the leaves of rapeseed and mustard making holes. mustard sawflySometimes they eat up the entire lamina of the leaf leaving behind the midribs.
  •  It appears in the month of October and its peak season of activity is in November. 
  • The population disappears suddenly at the onset of winter.
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Manures and fertilisers for Mustard

19/10/2019Posted on

Apply 6-8  tonnes of FYM or compost at the time of field preparation. And 25-40 kg nitrogen, 25 kg P2O5 and 16 kg K2O per acre.

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Time of sowing for mustard

19/10/2019Posted on
  • Toria or mustard should be sown from the mid to the last week of September. Sowing of sarson and rai must be completed in the last week of October. 
  • Spacing
  • Generally, toria is planted in rows 30 cm apart while sarson and rai are sown in rows 45 cm apart. Thinning is done three weeks after sowing to maintain a plant to plant distance of 10 to 15 cm.

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Control of Aphid in Mustard

25/01/2019Posted on
  • Plants are infested at all the stages.
  • Both nymph and adults suck the sap from leaves, inflorescence or the developing pods.
  • Curling may occur for infested leaves and at advanced stage plants may wither and die.

Control Measures

  • Use crop rotation.
  • Apply a recommended dose of fertilizers.
  • Destroy the affected parts along with the aphid population in the initial stage.
  • Spray the crop with one of the following insecticides in the aphid appearance.
  • Imidacloprid 17.8% @ 100 ml/acre or Thiamethoxam 25 WG @ 75 gm/acre or Dimethoate 30 EC @ 325 ml/acre.
  • Spraying should be done in the evening time.

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