Yellow rust - a fungal disease- has been spotted on wheat crop in Punjab prompting farm experts to advise farmers to remain vigilant as the current weather conditions are conducive for it to spread

Rabi season sees crop damage on 18 m hectares due to unseasonal rain, hail

The state government has decided to continue with the national agricultural insurance scheme for the rabi season for wheat and barley crops on the existing patterns after the Centre’s nod.

With a view to providing high quality certified seeds of wheat to farmers of Haryana during the ensuing Rabi season, more than 16.54 lakh quintal seeds have been made available for sale.

State Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Saryu Roy said that distribution of rice and wheat under the recently rolled out National Food Security Act in Jharkhand would start October

A team of crop experts from a Kenya research organization has been awarded for their input in fighting wheat rust.

Researchers from the University of California-Davis recently found a fourth gene that determines how wheat plants flower after experiencing a freeze.