Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today congratulated the farmers for producing 256.53 lakh metric tonnes of paddy for 2024-25, ...

S Ramesh MYSURU: Paddy harvesting in the twin districts of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar has been delayed due to the non-availability of harvester machines in adequate numbers. Paddy had been ...

Machines from Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore and Salem districts have come to Tiruchi and Karur and are engaged in paddy harvesting. June 8, 2025 e-Paper LOGIN Account ...

Paddy ready for harvest, but shortage of farmhands, machines hits ryots in EG As many as 4.5 lakh farmers are dependent on paddy cultivation in the district, known as the ‘rice bowl’ of the State.

A 42-year-old farmer was killed after she got trapped in a paddy harvesting machine at Krishnapuram village near Tirupattur town on Tuesday. Police said the deceased, N. Sasi, was a mother of three.

With the demand tally for machines standing at 1.08 lakh – each farmer may have applied for multiple machines – the happy seeder, used for wheat sowing in unploughed field after paddy harvest ...

The unrolling labour shortage, however, has left farmers with few options but to rely on renting harvester machines to reap their paddy. While such machines can complete harvesting in a day ...

THANJAVUR: Farmers who have cultivated samba and thaladi paddy in the district, and are ready to harvest their crop complain that there is a dearth of harvester machines. There is also a days-long ...

Meanwhile, in Sikariya Khurd village, a woman died after being hit by a paddy harvester machine on Saturday evening. According to the police, Bindu Devi (50) of Hathaudi village was working in her ...