Poultry News
Maharashtra state sets Rs.50 Cr budget to get eggs in Midday Meal scheme
- 17 Aug, 2024
- India
The Maharashtra government has allocated a budget of ₹50 crore to introduce eggs into the mid-day meal scheme for government-run schools. This initiative aims to provide protein-rich food to students, ensuring better nutrition. The eggs will be served once a week for 23 weeks, either boiled or as egg pulao. Students who do not consume eggs can opt for bananas or local fruits instead. However, this decision has faced opposition from several religious and cultural groups. Organizations associ
Read moreCentre committed to facilitate egg export
- 14 Aug, 2024
- India
Namakkal: Alka Upadhyaya, secretary, Departm .. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/112508513.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
Read moreUSDA Forecasts Record Soybean Crop
- 13 Aug, 2024
- United States
USDA on Monday forecast a record soybean crop while also bumping up corn production. Farmers will grow a record soybean crop at 4.589 billion bushels (bb), above the range of pre-report estimates. USDA increased its planted and harvested acreage forecast by 1 million acres each after reviewing acreage data. The agency's yield forecast also increased to 53.2 bushels per acre. Ending stocks of 560 million bushels (mb) for the 2024-25 season is the highest in six years. USDA bumped up cor
Read morePunjab: Sowing maize as paddy replacement
- 13 Aug, 2024
- India
Manav Mander The intensive input-based cultivation, specifically of paddy has raised major concerns for sustainable agriculture. The groundwater resource has depleted alarmingly, the burning of paddy straw has led to environmental and health hazards and physical and microbial health of soil has been adversely affected. In this situation, crop diversification is the top-most priority. Maize is one the best options to replace paddy. Owing to the manifold increase in its demand, location of dist
Read moreWith kharif sowing ending, India’s paddy acreage gains 4.3%
- 13 Aug, 2024
- India
Area under cotton, bajra and urad declines; sugarcane, arhar and oilseeeds coverage up The acreage under paddy, the key cereal crop, has increased to 331.78 lh, which is 4.3 per cent higher than 318.16 lh a year ago | Photo Credit: UMESH S SHETTIGAR The sowing of all kharif crops, barring paddy, has been completed on 979.89 lakh hectares (lh) as of August 9, which is up by 1.4 per cent from 966.40 lh a year ago, latest data of the Agriculture Ministry showed. The country’s normal are
Read moreHeavy rain inundates two poultry farms, 10K native chicks drown
- 13 Aug, 2024
- India
Krishnagiri : More than 10,000 native chicks worth ₹17.5 lakh drowned after heavy rainfall flooded two poultry farms at two villages near Pochampalli on Sunday night. While 5,500 60-day chicks drowned in the poultry farm owned by V Baskar at Alerahalli village, more than 4,500 10-day-old chicks drowned at the farm owned by K Rajini at Kullambatti village. Pochampalli received 97mm of rainfall on Sunday night. Baskar pegged his loss at ₹15 lakh while Rajini assessed his loss at ₹2.5 l
Read moreMarkfed to be nodal agency for marketing corn as industrial crop
- 11 Aug, 2024
- India
With the area under kharif maize in the 2024-25 season reaching an all-time high in the last eight years to 1.23 lakh hectares, the Punjab government is likely to appoint Markfed, a state-run premium cooperative organisation, for the smooth purchase of the corn as the industrial crop. Agriculture experts say 18 ethanol plants in Punjab have a huge demand for maize as it is used in making renewable fuel, which is blended with petrol. The state managed to achieve only 55% of the ta
Read moreTwo suspended after video of eggs being taken back from children’s plates goes viral
- 11 Aug, 2024
- India
Anganwadi worker Lakshmi and her assistant Shahanaz Begum attached to Gundur Anganwadi in Karatagi taluk of Koppal district have been suspended after a video clip in which the latter is seen taking boiled eggs back from children’s plates went viral. Speaking to The Hindu, Koppal Deputy Commissioner Nalin Atul and Chief Executive Officer of Koppal Zilla Panchayat Rahul Ratnam Pandey confirmed the incident. Programme Officer in the office of the Deputy Director of Women and Child
Read moreHuge opportunities for southern states in food processing sector
- 11 Aug, 2024
- India
South Indian states have huge opportunities in the food processing sector, especially millets, ready-to-eat foods, ready-to-cook foods, and plant-based dairy alternatives , according to P Ravichandran, chairman of CII national committee on cold chain and president, Danfoss Industries. At the CII Food Pro event in the city on Friday, Ravichandran said the focus needs to be on continuing innovation and development. “India has enormous potential for investment and growth in the agrifood
Read moreDGFT has banned export of DORB (Deoiled Rice Bran) till 30 Nov 2023.
- 28 Jul, 2023
- India
DGFT has banned export of DORB (Deoiled Rice Bran) till 30 Nov 2023.
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