In “As sugarcane acreage and production dips by half in TN, a farmer offers his diagnosis”, farmer Barani discussed the problems faced by sugarcane farmers and sugar factories in Tamil Nadu. With data, the article showed that sugarcane production had dipped by half in Tamil Nadu in recent...

R Baskaran is an organic farming pioneer who lives in Thennampadugai near Kumbakonam. A follower of Nammazhvar, he has been practicing organic farming for 15 years. He is an enthusiastic participant in the paddy festival that is being conducted since 2006. He cultivates traditional rice...

The Tamil Nadu government celebrated the release of water from Mettur. Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami was there in person, a rarity for a chief minister. As if to throw a dampener, farmers’ leader P R Pandian had said that the Cauvery Management Authority should have been informed of the...

On Wednesday (July 4), the centre announced that it was increasing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 200 and would procure it at Rs 1,750. MSP of 14 farm produce including urad dal, other pulses and cotton were also being increased, it said. Reacting to this, noted agriculture...

Delta farmers are jubilant over the Cauvery Authority’s order on water release. Though Karnataka has sought Supreme Court’s intervention on the authority, they hope that things have moved ahead and they could possibly expect regular release of water supporting farming in Tamil Nadu. At the...