In Wayanad, rainfall deficit has adversely affected agriculture. The district received only 270.23 mm of rain in June, the lowest for the month in the past five years, according to HumeCentre for Ecology and WildlifeBiology....
HarvestRock, the two-day festival typically held in October, will not take place this year as organisers take what they describe as a 'fallow year' to focus on future planning.In a brief statement ...
This summer, however, an area on its very fringe is producing wheat at an impressive level ... When the straw is ploughed back after harvest, it fosters a richer microbial habitat, which in turn helps improve soil quality ... Scientists are also optimistic ... .
The extreme heat and drought have brought this year’s harvest forward by weeks, while causing dramatic crop failures in several regions, Világgazdaság reported ... The wheat harvest will be followed by those of rapeseed, triticale, rye, and oats.
We at Extension walk a kind of tightrope between conventional farming and the kind that tries hard to minimize chemical inputs. Methods within these two camps can at times seem to be at odds with one another ... .