A warm winter, overflowing stocks and a rather bleak possibility of private purchase amid falling global prices, all''s not well with Punjab''s wheat crop this year.

Call it the paradox of timing clear skies when the farmers looked up for rains and it poured when they wanted the sun....

In an attempt to combat the problem of shrinking farm labour availability, the worse of which is felt during the paddy season...

While a majority of wheat farmers in Punjab and Haryana are ruing the loss of yield, all those who went for organic and natural farming this time are a happy lot.

After slipping into the league of least-growing states in agriculture, Punjab has made a turnaround in the last two years....

With the high price of potato becoming another issue in the hands of the Opposition to beat the beleaguered Left Front government with...

While other states are giving out distress signals of foodgrain scarcity, triggered by drought and flood fury, Punjab is not only looking at a good harvest but also hoping to gain from this adversity....

What was once an arid land, now wears a bright orange hue. From Punjab''s belt bordering Rajasthan Abohar in Ferozepur, Muktsar and Bhatinda...

Shajarana village, located some 15 km from Fazilka, is slowly discovering the benefits of aquaculture.

The diversification stride in the country''s granary state has reached banana groves. The baby step was taken in 2005 in a small village...

Precision farming practice is scaling new heights in Punjab with net house farming of vegetables picking up not only amongst...

Even as recent media reports caution that most fruits and vegetables are largely unfit for human consumption due to their high chemical content, pesticides continue to be used recklessly in the fields of Punjab....

Shortage of farm labour has pushed the Department of Agriculture in Punjab to launch a multi-pronged mechanisation programme for its farmers....

Forget the French wine, you can soon have a taste of our very own Punjabi wine.

With the help of technology and a Taiwanese variety of seed, Punjab''s maiden attempt at commercial cultivation of papaya is bearing fruit.

According to experts, his produce is effective in gastrointestinal problems and tests show rich curcumin content. Besides, it gives him far higher returns than traditional paddy-wheat crop

Orchards in hill state major consumers of vermicompost made in Punjab, a state which still banks on chemicals.

No freight subsidy yet for transporting crop to other states.

In a year''s time, summer moong''s acreage has risen to one lakh hectares

While sowing of paddy will begin around June 10, cotton sowing started around April 15

If successful, it would save paddy growers from depending on erratic monsoon and rapidly depleting ground water.

Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, is for the past one year, trying to find a way to control the gall disease that has affected almost 50 per cent of the eucalyptus trees.

Horticulture department has for the first time sown the crop on three farms, cooperative society procured 1,200 quintals of turmeric seeds from Maharashtra this season.

Prices too low, middlemen eating up profits, say farmers; govt blames it on glut

Traditionally a hub of wheat and paddy crops, the state is now exporting baby corn to the UK and other European countries in a big way

Allocates Rs 30 cr for compensation Rs 2 lakh per family; but state-sponsored report of 3 universities that studied suicide-hit districts pegs the number of affected families at over 6,500

After celebrating a record wheat production, Punjab is lagging behind in paddy cultivation. According to the Department of Agriculture, the deficit is 33 per cent as of now almost two lakh hectares less than last year

Long winter, hotter summer and lack of rain take a toll on the fruit

Govt efforts get a boost with NABARD deciding to increase credit for dairy sector

Their numbers had dropped but demand for milk and meat has stayed high as ever. Now, goat rearing picks up again

Area under contract farming heads downward as govt looks at new policy for diversification

Paddy harvests coming at a high cost, state prepares blueprint for shift towards other crops

To break monopoly of state-run markets, encourage direct procurement

Pictures released by NASA some months ago, showing large-scale smoke emerging from the fields of Punjab due to burning of straw

Banana growers in Punjab claim to be profiting heavily from the relatively new crop, but its one-crop-a-year pattern has prevented it from really catching on

State keeps promoting greener varieties but farmers stick to water-guzzling PUSA 44

The government is making the seed available to farmers to meet the high demand.

Sources in the PAU fruit sciences department claim banana research had been halted midway because of lack of funds, staff and interest.

'When Punjabis go for a movie, especially if they are abroad, they go with grandparents and parents. It is an event for them.''We always have to make family entertainers so that people feel comfortable watching with their families.'

The film will hit the screens on June 17.

Punjab would like to help the Centre in any way possible to deal with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, said state Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal

The State has a low testing rate relative to India's avg despite cases doubling quickly in the last week

The US remains the most affected country with over 340,000 cases and the death toll at over 11,000

Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical summary of Kings XI Punjab and much more.

The five year sentence for abducting seven persons will run consequently, thus making it 35 years in jail.

Addressing the gathering, Rahul Gandhi raked up the issue of drug menace in Punjab.

This is the second such incident in the last 5 days after jawans beat up officers in Meerut in UP.

Gurbaksh Singh is believed to be "continuing" with his hunger strike in jail.

Close to 900 students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are stranded in Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Punjab and many of them are now wanting to return back home.

Major chunk of cases reported from Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran districts