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Agriculture Insights — September 2026
A different crop mix in a weaker-water year, and what that means for the next thirty days
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Aflatoxin in groundnut: a problem made at harvest and in storage
Aflatoxin does not change how the kernel looks. It changes whether anyone can buy it.
Groundnut leaf spot: the calendar spray that pays
Groundnut leaf spot is one of the few diseases where a preventive schedule genuinely beats scouting, because by the time it is visible the leaves are already going.
Maize turcicum leaf blight and rust
Both diseases work from the lower leaves upward, and both matter only in relation to one question: how much green leaf is left at grain filling.
Chilli fruit borer: scouting a pest that lives inside
Fruit borer larvae feed inside the pod where nothing reaches them. Everything depends on catching the egg and early larval stage.
Chilli die-back: when the plant dies from the tip down
Die-back and fruit rot are two faces of one problem, and treating only the fruit leaves half of it running.
Chilli anthracnose: the rot that shows up after the rain
Anthracnose infects green fruit and appears when it ripens. By the time you can see it, the infection happened weeks ago.
Alternate wetting and drying in paddy
Continuous flooding is a habit rather than a requirement. Letting the water fall and return saves a third of it without costing yield.
Brown planthopper: the pest that hides at the base
Brown planthopper sits at the water line where most sprays never reach, and several common insecticides make it worse.
Paddy blast and bacterial leaf blight: telling them apart
Blast and bacterial leaf blight are the two big paddy diseases, they look nothing alike once you know, and they need different products.
Cotton boll rot and bacterial blight in a wet season
A wet spell after canopy closure brings rots and blight together, and the canopy you built earlier decides how bad it gets.
Cotton whitefly: the pest you create in week three
Whitefly outbreaks in cotton are usually made earlier in the season by sprays aimed at something else.
Vegetable nursery: the four weeks that decide the field
Most virus and wilt problems in chilli, tomato and brinjal arrive with the seedling. The nursery is where they are cheapest to prevent.