What exactly are cattle fed?

In Punjab, too much limestone powder and urea: adulteration hardly a bother for feed-makers

Punjab crop loss spurs debate on pesticide use

Fall of a premier institute

Amid funds siphoning allegations, future of National Institute of Pharma Education seems bleak

Shift grain bowl status from North to other regions of India

Balwinder Singh Sidhu, agriculture commissioner and chief conservator of soils in Punjab, is known for giving his opinion in a frank and …

Piecemeal proposals

The recommended grain policy may help tackle the problem of plenty, but food insecurity will remain (Read full article)

In short

Drug abuse

Ranbaxy, Dutch pharma put paid to groundwater

Indus dolphin in Punjab

Technology interventions that save water

It was early June. Jaspal Ram of Lehra Turkot in district Bathinda of Punjab was busy in his field putting gunny bags filled with mud on a plank …

Organic v conservative

Scientists contest an age-old agricultural technique

Ban lifted on fishing in Sutlej

Discharge of effluents into the river had caused large-scale fish deaths, leading to the curbs

The selenium scourge in Punjab

Two districts of Punjab -- Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahar -- have been hit by a rash of ailments. The inhabitants are experiencing hair loss, joint …

7,000 litres of oil in Sutlej

Go ahead

Six GM cotton varieties to be cultivated in three states

Come without your car

Elemental woe

US environmental body proposes temporary pesticide-free zones to protect honeybees

A large number of bees are exposed to pesticide spraying when growers enter into contracts with beekeepers for pollination services

Northern power grid on the blink

States were cautioned more than 400 times against overdrawing electricity

Clucking in alarm

poultry farms across north India are facing a mysterious viral disease. As many as two million birds have fallen prey to the illness and the …

New crop scheme for Punjab farmers

Regulating living environment for public safety

Fishy deaths

Pesticide causes blindness in fish in Punjab

Peafowl deaths in Punjab linked to pesticides

Provide farmers with means to salvage wet grains, M S Swaminathan tells states

Agriculture scientist also suggests maintaining seed reserves for growing alternate short-duration crops