Wednesday 5th February, 2025 Rice is more than a food item for Sri Lankans; it is a kind of politico-cultural staple. Hence its ability to make or break governments. One of the key factors that led to ...

Keeri samba of course is a name coined by the farmers/rice trade for a specific rice variety named BG (Batalagoda) 360, which has short round grains and is gluten free and hence not sticky. In the ...

Based on the paddy cultivation average, the Rice production from 2.42 Mn Mt paddy in Maha is 1.69 Mn Mt and from 1.23 Mn Mt paddy in Yala is 0.86 Mn Mt, giving a total of 2.55 Mn Mt of rice.The ...

As per information, the flying squad raided BG Overseas, Shri Ram Rice Mill, Radhe Radhe Rice Mill and Green Valley rice mill on Friday. Karnal superintendent of police Ganga Ram Punia said that ...

Rice is cultivated all over the world in fields known as rice paddies and it is one of the most maintenance intensive crops to grow. The rice paddy itself requires a large part of that maintenance.

Satish Kumar sits in front of his submerged rice paddy in India’s Haryana state, looking despairingly at his ruined crops. “I’ve suffered a tremendous loss,” said the third generation ...

For the common grade of rice paddy, the government has fixed the support, or guaranteed price at 2,369 rupees ($27.76) per 100 kg (220.46 lb), up from 2,300 rupees last year, Information and ...

The rice availability in Sri Lanka is estimated by the Agriculture Department based on a percentage milling outturn (percent of rice resulting from milling paddy). However, this conversion percentage ...

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday began spraying rice fields in Region Six to address the paddy bug issue, the Department of Public Information (DPI) Submit Subscribe for just 30¢ a day ...

Stating that the rice millers will have nothing to do with procurement of paddy, the minister said they will be given target only for milling. BHUBANESWAR : Minister for Food Supplies and Consumer ...