A 42-year-old farmer was killed after she got trapped in a paddy harvesting machine at Krishnapuram village near Tirupattur town on Tuesday. Police said the deceased, N. Sasi, was a mother of three.

THANJAVUR: Farmers who have cultivated samba and thaladi paddy in the district, and are ready to harvest their crop complain that there is a dearth of harvester machines. There is also a days-long ...

The increase in cost of renting paddy harvesting machines has worried farmers in Yadgir. According to the farmers, the rent for a harvesting machine is ₹2,300 per hour, up from ₹1,800. The machines ...

Andhra Pradesh farmers rush to harvest paddy before a cyclone hits. The government is helping with harvesting machines and other resources. Officials are working to finish harvesting in affected areas ...

While paddy harvesting in the haor regions of Netrokona has been completed, farmers in the district's non-haor areas are still facing severe difficulties due to equipment shortages, natural disasters, ...

Bathinda: Super-seeder has turned out to be one of the most sought-after crop residue management (CRM) machines for wheat sowing during the short window after paddy harvesting. This came to fore in a ...

TIRUCHY: With samba harvesting having commenced, farmers in the district express concerns over the inadequate number of harvesters with the agricultural engineering department. The department has ...

Bhadrak: Unregulated mechanisation in agriculture is fast emerging as a serious threat to straw-dependent livelihoods in ...

Dr Jasbir Gill, who is heading the project, said that after the paddy is harvested, wheat seeds are sown with the surface seeder and that paddy straw is mulched and spread over the ground, all-in-one ...

Vice President and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, has assured rice farmers in Region Two that steps will be taken to assist them with the struggle to find buyers ...