Charghat farmers turn to malta, grapes and pomegranates
About 250 hectares in Rajshahi's Charghat now grow malta, strawberries, grapes, cotton and other high-value crops, the upazila agriculture office says.
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Coloured cabbage and cauliflower pay off for Dumuria farmers
Yellow, pink and purple cauliflower and cabbage grown with pheromone traps sell for Tk 30 to 40 a head in Dumuria, against Tk 10 to 15 for white.
Drumstick trees laden out of season in Dumuria, Khulna
Moringa trees across Dumuria's 14 unions are heavy with drumsticks; officials expect at least 200 tonnes worth Tk 1 crore if the weather holds.
Fertiliser hoarding in Chatmohar leaves farmers stranded
Dealers in Chatmohar, Pabna, are accused of hoarding fertiliser and charging Tk 300 to 500 over the official price a sack, as the rabi season nears.
40 sacks of adulterated fertiliser seized in Kaliganj
Police in Kaliganj, Jhenaidah, seized 40 sacks of TSP fertiliser taken out of the upazila to sell; a mobile court fined two men Tk 25,000 and destroyed it.
Cyclone Arnab rain worries paddy farmers in India's Hooghly
Farmers in Hooghly, West Bengal, fear rain from Cyclone Arnab will flatten paddy in their fields and delay potato planting, after floods earlier this season.
Native fish output must rise, says fisheries minister
Fisheries Minister Mohammad Aminur Rashid says the government is creating fish sanctuaries in haors, baors, rivers and the sea to protect native fish breeding.
Betel leaf selling at a third of last year's price in Raipur
Betel leaf farmers in Raipur, Lakshmipur, face losses as a bundle that sold for Tk 120 last year now fetches only Tk 40 despite a bigger harvest.
Brick kilns in Lohagara warned not to use farmland topsoil
The Department of Environment handed out leaflets at brick kilns in Lohagara, Chattogram, warning illegal kilns not to fire up or burn wood and farm topsoil.
Water chestnut pays on Satkhira's waterlogged fallow land
Water chestnut farming in Satkhira has grown from 164 to 250 hectares on waterlogged land where aman rice fails, with sales of about Tk 100 crore expected.
Sylhet grows its first commercial cotton crop in Sreemangal
A Sreemangal farmer expects about 60 maunds of hybrid cotton from four and a half kiyar, a first commercial success in Sylhet as the board eyes 500,000 bales.
Rangpur early Aman rice harvest brings good yields
Farmers in Rangpur's eight upazilas are cutting early Aman rice at 3.15 tonnes a hectare; 435 hectares had been cut so far, officials said.
Ghoraghat farmers busy with early winter vegetables
Farmers in Ghoraghat, Dinajpur, are planting and already selling early winter vegetables, with about 2,000 of a targeted 4,000 hectares planted so far.
World Bank-funded B-STRONG project reshapes eastern farming
A World Bank-funded project is training 65,000 farmers in five flood-hit eastern districts in mulching, zero-tillage mustard and water-saving irrigation.
Mushroom farming: Sreemangal youths learn it from ChatGPT
Three young men in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar, started an oyster mushroom farm with Tk 50,000, learning the method from YouTube, ChatGPT and Google.
Unknown disease kills chilli plants in Jamalpur's Madarganj
Farmers in Madarganj, Jamalpur, say an unknown disease is killing chilli plants on about five acres, and no agriculture officer has come to see the fields.
Bottle gourd glut in Panchagarh: four for one taka
Bottle gourd farmers in Atwari, Panchagarh, are selling at up to Tk 5 a piece, far below cost; some have cut down their plots or fed the crop to cattle.
Jashore fertiliser dealers: five MPs demand cancellation
Five opposition MPs from Jashore allege political favouritism and graft in appointing fertiliser dealers in 93 unions and 8 municipalities, and seek a probe.
Early aman paddy gives Rangpur farmers a bumper yield
Farmers in Rangpur are harvesting early aman paddy at 3.15 tonnes a hectare, helped by milder floods, before sowing maize, potatoes and vegetables.
Mobile phones help Bogura vegetable farmers get fair prices
Farmers and traders at Mahasthan, one of north Bangladesh’s biggest vegetable markets, say phones let them know city prices before they bring crops in.
Black rice trial in Rajshahi's Durgapur raises hopes
Farmers in Durgapur, Rajshahi, are growing nutritious, high-value black rice for the first time, hoping it opens new prospects for the local farm economy.
3,000 marginal farmers in Bogura get free farm inputs
Three thousand marginal farmers in Gabtali and Shibganj, Bogura, received fertiliser, vegetable seeds and cash on Sunday in a programme funded by NCC Bank.
Kushtia father and son grow fruit farm to 70 bighas
A father and son in Bheramara, Kushtia, who began with five bighas of guava in 2014, now run a 70-bigha fruit farm and sell guava at up to Tk 2,400 a maund.
Banana farming spreads across 1,125 hectares in Alikadam
Banana farming is growing on the hill slopes of Alikadam in Bandarban, but farmers say fertiliser shortages, no subsidies and poor roads are holding them back.
Early cucumber brings good returns for Madarganj farmers
Farmers in Madarganj, Jamalpur, have grown early cucumber on about 60 hectares this season, with a bumper yield and wholesale prices of Tk 30 to 40 a kg.
WFP: 1.81 crore Bangladeshis face risk of acute food crisis
The WFP forecasts 1 crore 81 lakh people in Bangladesh may face acute food insecurity in the last four months of 2026, 28 lakh more than in January.
30,000 metres of current net seized on Barishal's Arial Khan
A mobile court on the Arial Khan river in Barishal Sadar destroyed about 30,000 metres of banned current net on Wednesday and fined one person Tk 15,000.
Chuadanga farmers get air-flow machines to store onions
Twenty onion farmers in Chuadanga were handed air-flow machines on Monday; each machine costs Tk 21,000 and can keep 20 to 25 tonnes of onions in storage.
Early Aman rice harvest begins in Ghoraghat, costs up
Farmers in Ghoraghat, Dinajpur, have begun cutting early Aman rice with good yields, but say dearer fertiliser, diesel and labour have cut their profit.
Bangladesh plans to raise cotton output to 19 lakh bales
The Cotton Development Board aims to lift output to 19 lakh bales by 2050 to feed the textile industry; local cotton now meets only 18 to 20 percent of demand.
A shopkeeper turns fallow land into a vegetable farm in Juri
Abdul Matin, 35, a shopkeeper in Juri, Moulvibazar, has turned 80 decimals of land overgrown with weeds into a farm that brings in lakhs of taka a season.
Two brothers succeed with summer cabbage in Kushtia
Brothers Sentu and Tuhin Guard of Mirpur, Kushtia, have grown the winter vegetable cabbage in summer heat on five bighas and expect sales of about Tk 5 lakh.
Farmers grow water chestnut on fallow land in Dewanganj
Low-lying land and wetlands in Dewanganj, Jamalpur, that once lay fallow for much of the year are now used to grow water chestnut, giving farmers extra income.
Farmers' app fails as paddy buying nears in Mymensingh
With Aman paddy procurement due in November, the government's app for farmers is not working in Mymensingh and farm officers are loath to send lists.
Cropland being filled with dredged sand in Munshiganj
A man is accused of dredging sand from a government canal in Tongibari, Munshiganj, and using sand barges to fill cropland about a kilometre away.
Pumpkin flowers bring extra income to Faridpur farmers
Farmers in Faridpur are selling fresh pumpkin flowers at Tk 10 each alongside the vegetable itself, earning twice from the same plants, growers say.
Fruit prices soar beyond ordinary buyers in Sirajganj
Prices of imported and local fruit have risen sharply in Sirajganj's markets, with oranges at Tk 550 a kg and grapes at Tk 450, traders and buyers say.
Kushtia farmer succeeds with low-cost bitter gourd farming
A farmer in Bheramara, Kushtia has harvested 1,094kg of bitter gourd from one bigha using plastic mulching and pheromone traps, which cut his costs.
Mujri Char in Fatikchhari turns green with early vegetables
About 250 farmers grow early vegetables on Mujri Char, a 160-hectare shoal in the Dhurung canal in Fatikchhari, but say fair prices and support are lacking.
Dragon fruit farming: how proper care raises yields
A Jashore agriculture officer explains how to grow dragon fruit, from choosing varieties and planting cuttings to posts, fertiliser and pest control.
Faridpur jute farmers expect over Tk 2,200 crore from sales
Faridpur produced about 196,000 tonnes of jute this season, and with prices at about Tk 4,600 a maund, farmers could earn over Tk 2,200 crore, officials say.
Saidpur young man thrives raising desert dumba sheep
Rabiul Islam of Saidpur, Nilphamari, started with two dumba sheep and now has 65 after three and a half years, a herd worth nearly Tk 1 crore.
Sonargaon graduate chooses modern farming over a job
Ramzan Ali of Sonargaon, Narayanganj, chose modern farming over a job and now grows off-season watermelons on trellises around his fish pond.
Young farmer prospers with Nepali Sagar bananas in Bheramara
Young farmer Asif Awal Utsho is growing Nepali Sagar bananas on 25 bighas in Bheramara, Kushtia, and says he doubled his money on the first harvest.
Poison destroys Tk 1 lakh brinjal crop in Birganj, Dinajpur
Miscreants sprayed herbicide on about an acre of fruiting brinjal plants at night in Birganj, Dinajpur, killing the crop and causing a loss of over Tk 1 lakh.
Off-season watermelon pays off for farmers in Pirganj
Off-season watermelon farming is growing in Pirganj, Thakurgaon, where good weather brought farmers a strong harvest and good prices this season.
Jute farmers in Ghoraghat happy with bumper crop and prices
Jute farmers in Ghoraghat, Dinajpur, have had a bumper crop after good weather and are selling at Tk 3,500-4,000 a maund, against Tk 1,500-2,000 last year.
Jashore farmers reap bumper early yam harvest
Jashore farmers are expanding early yam cultivation after a bumper harvest, with prices reaching Tk 90 a kg and strong returns on relatively low costs.
Solar pumps cut irrigation costs in Jhenaidah
Solar irrigation pumps are cutting farmers’ costs in Jhenaidah, allowing them to water their own land and earn extra income serving nearby fields.
Jashore farmer eyes Tk 5 lakh from moringa
A Jashore farmer says year-round ODC-3 moringa on one bigha could bring Tk 3 lakh to Tk 5 lakh a season, drawing interest from local growers.
Virus, heavy rain damage Jashore cabbage crops
Early cabbage growers in Jashore's Nongorpur field report major losses after virus attacks and heavy rain damaged crops and raised production costs.
Rats attack aman paddy fields in Ghoraghat
Farmers in Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat say rat attacks are cutting through aman paddy fields despite poison bait, traps, fire, firecrackers and other methods.
Farmers in Ghior pin hopes on early vegetable cultivation
Farmers in Ghior, Manikganj, are working to bring early winter vegetables to market for higher seasonal prices.
Off-season watermelons hang from trellises in Rajshahi
Farmers in Tanore and Mohanpur are finding success growing off-season watermelons on trellises alongside rice, potatoes and mangoes.
Kamruzzaman sees self-reliance in sammam farming
Gazipur farmer Md Kamruzzaman Khan is growing sammam, or rock melon, on leased land in Kapasia and hopes the crop will become profitable.
Yellow watermelon turns fallow land into profit
Land in Juri that once grew a single rice crop a year now carries rows of yellow watermelon, drawing visitors from far and wide to a young grower's plot.
A village market that ships 300 maunds of gourd a day
An unofficial wholesale centre for bitter gourd has grown up over 15 years in a Joypurhat village, handling 250 to 300 maunds of the vegetable a day.
Turmeric planting spreads in Keshabpur
Turmeric has been planted widely in Keshabpur upazila of Jashore this year, with growers drawn to the spice crop by the high price it fetches.
Rajshahi upazila puts fertiliser stocks online
A website has been launched in Paba upazila of Rajshahi to show dealers' fertiliser stocks and sales online, aimed at preventing artificial shortages.
Jute sticks bring farmers extra income in Faridpur
Jute sticks, once left aside as firewood, are now bringing Faridpur's jute growers an extra income of 400 to 500 taka a maund as demand rises.