The problems of farmers do not take off in Punjab, after flood and virus, now turmeric disease attacks. Updated: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 05:12 am (IST) The problems of farmers do not take off in Punjab. After flood and virus, the Pagie crop has now been attacked by turmeric disease, through which the grains become black. Farmers are likely to have trouble selling discolored crops because government agencies are reluctant to buy them. As a result, there is a possibility of decrease in yield. An increased attack of turmeric diseases on Pagie crop in Punjab. State Bureau, Chandigarh. The problems of the farmers of the state do not appear to be declining. Earlier, flooding in the state destroyed five lakh hectares of paddy crops, with most of the area under Pagie and sugarcane crops. In the areas where there was no flood, the plants were sown on the paddy crop due to the attack of the Chinese virus because the yield is less. Remove advertisement just read the news Dainik Jagran reported last week that the yields of most farmers come down by five to eight quintal. However, most of the farmers have not harvested their crops yet. Only 11 Lakh quintale of Paddy arrived in the Mandis, which constitutes only five percent of the total products. But now it is also seen that the tumor in Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali and Ropar districts have turmeric disease, causing the grains to become black. The concern of the farmers is that there will be problems to sell the discolored crop because government agencies and millers will not buy or cut such a crop. Farmers from the town of Main Majri of Fatehgarh Sahib said that the disease, despite the spray of chemical medicine, did not disappear and that the grains were turning black. He said it is very high in some places, but in some places the crop is growing well. Farmer Avtar Singh said that this time there was a hope that there would be no flood in our place in 2023 and that the rain would be good, which would also affect the yield, but it seems that the yield would definitely be 10 to 15 percent less compared to last year.
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