Rabi crop acreage in India down by 8.7% at 8.49 million hectares
Rabi sowing started in the country with farmers planting crops across 8.49 million hectares, down by 8.7 per cent from the same period last year. A slow start …
Groundnut production in India may fall 29% on weak monsoon
India’s kharif groundnut production is likely to fall by 29.2% from a year ago to 3.74 million tonnes, as scanty rainfall hit yields in the top producing …
Maharashtra sugar output may fall below 100 lakh tonnes
Sugar production in India’s western Maharashtra state is likely to be 10 per cent lower in the 2018-19 season than the earlier estimates of the government …
India projects record 2017-18 foodgrain output at 285 million tonnes
India said a near normal monsoon, which brought substantial rains across most of the country, should help output of food crops hit new records in 2017-18 and …
Inflation in India likely to average 4.7 per cent this fiscal, says DBS
Despite portents of a good monsoon in the country this year, inflation in India is expected to average 4.7 per cent in the current fiscal, up from 3.6 per cent …
Gujarat crop sowing fall significantly from last year on erratic rains
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 …
Indian coffee growers worry over harvest misfortune
Coffee growers in India’s southern Karnataka state are worried about fall in international Coffee prices and heavy endless rain, which could lead to black …
Soybean acreage in India likely to go up by 5-15 per cent this year, helped by rains
Soybean planting is nearing completion in the key growing areas of Central India aided by a surge in rains over the past week. As on July 6, soybean was …
Water scarcity, strong export demand lift guar seed prices in India
Water scarcity in guar growing regions of Rajasthan and Haryana in the second half of June has raised prices of guar seed and guar gum by 10.5 per cent and 13 …
Hike in MSP and good rains may restrict rapid decrease in cotton acreage in India: CAI
Cotton traders are hopeful that an increase in the minimum support price (MSP) and ideal rains during last week will energise planting of cotton and arrest the …