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Apart from paddy, maize, jowar, tobacco, ground nut, chilly, onions and horticulture farmers had incurred losses as standing crops were lost.
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Hailstorm destroyed paddy in large areas in Sirikonda, Dharpally, Dichpalli and Indalwai mandals.
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Reports indicate a significant reduction in paddy cultivation area, with nearly six lakh acres left fallow due to dwindling water supplies
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Paddy growers, who have been finding it tough to get a remunerative price for their produce, have pinned hopes on the promise.
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Unable to supply water to the standing crop, farmers set the crop on fire
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Paddy farmers in Medak district are using the 'Eluka Chitti', an ancient Telugu mantra, to combat rodent damage. Farmers queue for chits, which are then planted in their fields, with some using extra chits for exceptional results.
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With the area under paddy projected to be little over 40 lakh acres in Telangana during the Yasangi season, Department of Agriculture has prepared an action plan for supply of 19.24 lakh metric tonnes of various fertiliser grades
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Pocharam Srinivas Reddy warned that the State government will be responsible for any decline in crop production, due to delayed release of water.
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District Collector Ch Shivalingaiah has directed officials overseeing paddy procurement to accelerate the process.
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With farmers starting harvest of the Vanakalam paddy crop, district officials are gearing up to set up 199 paddy procurement centres in the district
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An equal quantity of 25 lakh metric tonnes is likely to go up for auction the same way in the second phase too
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Telangana State Civil Supplies corporation has opted for disposing the paddy in the open market after obtaining the green signal from the government
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Almost all water bodies including tanks, ponds and rivulets had overflowed following the incessant rainfall hit the district in the recent past
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As deficit rainfall continues to plague the monsoon season, farmers in five districts of the erstwhile Warangal district have been once again asked to go for short-duration paddy varieties.
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Niranjan Reddy on Saturday appealed to Vanakalam (kharif) farmers to opt for short duration paddy varieties
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CM KCR said food processing industries to converts paddy into various products would be set up across the State
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Finance Minister T Harish Rao said the State government would deposit Rs.6,000 crore in bank accounts of paddy farmers within three days.
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Gangula Kamalakar said a record quantity of 62 lakh metric tons of paddy was procured from across the State as on Saturday
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Paddy procurement which is close to realization of target, will come to a close in the State by June 10 barring four districts
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Civil Supplies Corporation, which has taken up paddy procurement in the State is close to realizing its target for the season