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The direct sowing will cut the cost of paddy cultivation besides increasing the productivity which would eventually enhances profits to the farmer.

Chief Minister to write a letter to Prime Minister in this regard; Says TS purchased about 87% of the paddy yield so far

Addressing a review meeting here on Friday, he said the State government had borrowed Rs 30,000 crore to purchase the grain to help the farmers in these difficult times.

Interacting with farmers, District Collector Krishna Bhaskar enquired if there were any problems in transporting the grains to rice mills

With the procurement target set as 80 lakh tonnes, the Corporation is gearing up to purchase another 20 lakh tonnes of paddy before the commencement of Vaanakalam season

Suman said the government had procured 55 lakh metric tonnes of paddy so far, recording the highest purchase of produce and leading all other states in the country

Despite the challenges like Corona pandemic, lockdown and unseasonal rains, procurement was expedited across the State during the last 21 days

Refutes opposition’s allegations of suspension of procurement in State

Of the total harvest in the country, nearly 50 per cent is being contributed by Telangana, Agriculture Minister Niranjan Reddy said

Officials told to deploy more vehicles to shift paddy from procurement centres to mills

Hyderabad: Civil Supplies Corporation Limited Chairman M Srinivas Reddy on Sunday asked officials to shift paddy from purchasing centres to rice mills on priority basis. He said the Additional Collectors should play a key role in shifting paddy to rice mills. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy brought the problems being faced by the farmers in […]

Kamareddy: Various mandals across erstwhile Nizamabad district received surprise showers on Thursday. Paddy on platforms and roads got soaked in Machareddy, Kamareddy mandals of Kamareddy district and Sirikonda mandal of Nizamabad district. Harvested paddy was damaged in many places including Kamareddy mandal, Kamareddy town, Machareddy, and Srikonda mandals. In Kamareddy market yard, farmers express anger […]

Cultivating black rice, young farmer Maku Mahesh (32) has increased his profits by four-fold during the Vanakalam Crop season

The Collector along with Sathupalli MLA S Venkata Veeraiah held a meeting with the officials to review the progress of paddy procurement during this season

Madhusudan stated that as many as 250 procurement centres were created for buying paddy produce from farmers across the district and added that they are expecting about 2.30 lakh metric tonnes of paddy to be procured this season.

Khammam: Five lakh metric tonnes of paddy was expected to be produced in Yasangi season in Khammam district, informed District Collector RV Karnan. Paddy was cultivated in about 2.26 lakh hectares. As many as 439 procurement centres would be set in the villages across the district to procure paddy from the farmers. There was a […]

“Since cotton produced in the State is of high quality with high yield besides commanding a higher price as well, farmers should be ready to grow cotton in 75 to 80 lakh acre during the monsoon season,” the Chief Minister said.

The Chief Minister, who held a high-level review meeting, said it was decided to procure paddy from villages, as was done last year, in view of the increasing cases of Covid-19.

Extent of area under cultivation zooms to 63.13 lakh acres against the season normal of 36.43 lakh acres

The entire produce was purchased from farmers at a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 1,888 per quintal.