The recent diesel price hike has made service providers increase charges for harvesting the largest rice crop, Boro, irrigating farmlands, and threshing the cash crop maize-- and farmers are struggling to cope.

Costs soared because of a 15 percent hike in the price of diesel, a key fuel used by nearly 15 lakh shallow tube well pumps to water the Boro fields.

https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/farmers-distress-diesel-price-rise-drives-costs-4156426

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Farmers in distress as diesel price rise drives up costs

The recent diesel price hike has made service providers increase charges for harvesting the largest rice crop, Boro, irrigating farmlands, and threshing the cash crop maize-- and farmers are struggling to cope.

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Why #animal #welfare reforms have all but vanished from the EU agenda.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260421-why-animal-welfare-reforms-have-all-but-vanished-from-the-eu-agenda?mf

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