Rapeseed production in India in 2018/19 is expected to rise nearly 19 per cent from a year earlier to a record 8.5 million tonnes due to conducive weather and as higher prices prompted farmers to expand areas under planting, a leading trade body Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) said in a statement. Rapeseed mustard […]
Wheat prices in the spot market are expected to remain steady for the next one month before gradually declining in February on forecast of a good crop and huge carryover stock, Economic Times reports. According to traders, wheat harvesting will begin in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan from the middle of February. This is likely […]
Eight states including Uttar Pradesh are offering inter-state trading via 21 electronic national agricultural market (eNAM) so far in the country, the Agriculture Department said. Under the eNAM, launched in 2016, agri-trading was initially allowed within a mandi and later inter-mandi within a state was permitted. So far, 10 states are offering inter-mandi trade within […]
Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), an industry body in its report has stated that Indian Sugar mills have produced 39.73 lakh tonnes of sugar till November 30, 2018. The figure is almost similar to the sugar production of 39.14 lakh tonnes during same period of previous year. According to a release issued by ISMA: “As […]
Sowing of crops in Gujarat is yet to pick up because of the deferred monsoon. With almost half of the state facing deficit rainfall this year, the state government has begun a survey to assess the damage in areas where sowing is complete. According to the latest figures, sowing is over in 38.71 lakh hectares, […]
The pre-monsoon rains have hit Odisha in a big way, two days before the scheduled dates of arrival by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). However, the dry spell has been a matter of grave concern for the agri-nation. It is predicted that end of today, the much awaited and delayed monsoon is likely to advance […]
Gujarat has witnessed a huge fall in sowing in kharif season this year due to delay in monsoon and water scarcity. As per the latest data of the state agriculture department, kharif sowing has reached 2,25,231 hectare as on June 18, which is 74.16 per cent down from 8,71,700 hectare in corresponding period of 2017. […]
After NAFED found it difficult to sell off the groundnut heaps to millers, the latter are suggesting export of groundnut meal instead, a Hindu Business Line report confirms. Millers are suggesting to push groundnut meal exports, a by-product of groundnut after oil has been extracted from it. It is considered a rich source of protein […]
The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) is finding it difficult to sell groundnut stocks procured from farmers at minimum support prices (MSP) on behalf of the Gujarat government to oil millers and traders due to quality and price issues. At present, NAFED is selling the groundnut in Gujarat at Rs 3,500-3,600 per […]
The Spice Board of India has tightened rules of sampling for jeera (cumin) exports after receiving several representations from importing countries on adulteration and poor-quality shipments from Gujarat. Surveillance sampling and testing conducted by the Board found adulteration in a cumin seed export consignment of 12.5 million tonnes in a Gujarat-based exporting unit. The Quality […]