Picture for representational purpose only. AURANGABAD: The revenue commissioner of Aurangabad division has taken cognizance of a letter from a social activist claiming rampant use of glyphosate ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The government and farmers are heading for a showdown over procurement of moong (green grams) on minimum support price (MSP). Agriculture production commissioner Ashok ...

Environmentalists and local people have been raising concern over the rampant use of weedicides in the rubber estates close to the Chimmini wildlife sanctuary. The plantations have been using Glycine, ...

ROPAR: Spurious weedicide has damaged over 50% wheat crop on 200 acres, farmers from Khawaspura village of Ropar have claimed. Around one dozen farmers have lodged a complaint with the agriculture ...

A 15-year-old girl has ended up in police custody after she allegedly poisoned her father and siblings to death. Police said the teen was "punishing" her family members for reprimanding her. The ...

BATHINDA: Rampant use of weedicides on the standing crop of green gram or summer ‘moong’ to speed up its thrashing and reduce time to prepare fields for paddy sowing has experts worried. Weedicide ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

Corteva Agriscience has announced the launch of Pixxaro, a new broadleaf weed (BLW) control solution for wheat in India. A post-emergent pre-mix of Arylex active and Fluroxypyr, Pixxaro is engineered ...

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Swadeshi Jagaran Manch on Saturday demanded a complete ban on the use of glyphosate, saying it is carcinogenic and damaging to consumer health, ecology and ...

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – A Westmoreland farmer is suspected to have committed suicide after he told his stepfather that he had ingested a weedicide. He was found dead at his home in High Gates District ...