Collector Rathinasamy sets rent rates for paddy harvesting machines in tripartite meeting, ensuring fair pricing for farmers and owners.

Harvester operators increase the rent for their machines indiscriminately due to heavy demand for the equipment when the samba paddy harvest commences, alleged the farmers. The hourly rent for the ...

The machines which could hasten the reaping ... We stepped up the process of harvesting paddy on a war footing once IMD issued a weather warning. We managed to cut two/third of the ripe crop ...

Farmers in Tamil Nadu's Delta districts, the state's rice bowl, are grappling with skyrocketing costs for harvesting machines ...