Steve Jones BBC News, Yorkshire Getty Images The case was found in a single sheep on a farm in Yorkshire (stock image) The world’s first case of bird flu in sheep has been found in the UK, the nation’s chief veterinary officer has confirmed. The exact location of the farm has not been revealed, but … Read more
David Gregory-Kumar Correspondent for science, environment & rural affairs Getty Images At the site of the Shropshire farm outbreak, the killing and disposal of a million egg-laying birds continues A person working on a farm has contracted the human version of avian flu. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the individual “had close and … Read more
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Narendra Modi government will purchase all farm produce at minimum support price, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday (December 6, 2024). … Read more
A man sets fire to the stubble at a farm, in Patiala on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI Farm fires in Punjab, often blamed for the rise in Delhi’s air pollution, have gone down by 50% since last year in the post-harvest period, with little effect on the air quality in the national capital. From … Read more
The fire was reported in one of the sheds when the owner saw smoke coming from the electrical board in the shed on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT More than 2,500 chickens were charred to death in a fire at a poultry farm in S. Mottur village, around 15 km from Gudiyatham town in … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the party’s poll manifesto for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls on November 3, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Yearly financial assistance to married women and landless agriculture labourers, paddy procurement at ₹3,100 per quintal and cooking gas cylinder at ₹500 to poor families are some of the key highlights of … Read more
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel during a public meeting ahead of the State Assembly elections, in Jagdalpur. File | Photo Credit: PTI In a major announcement ahead of the next month’s assembly polls, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel on October 23 said if his party Congress retains power in the state, loans of farmers … Read more
Union Minister for Power R.K. Singh has accused Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao of deliberately “spreading lies” about the Centre putting up meters for agriculture pump sets and privatising public sector power units. “The Chief Minister is going around and telling lies when the Centre said that meters should be fixed, but not for agriculture … Read more
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15th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala screened three documentaries on farmers’ protests of 2020-21. Bigger struggles, and events, in their immediacy, often drown us in a flurry of developments and their various strands and narratives. To make sense of them, one needs to look back at them in retrospect, after a few years, … Read more