The country’s kharif food production could be much lower than the Centre’s first advance estimate of a marginal fall. Heavy post-monsoon showers are a key reason. The production of coarse grains, pulses, oil seeds and sugarcane is expected to decline in the summer season of 2019-20 due to late monsoon and erratic and heavy rains […]
India may dominate the global sugar market as prospects for next year’s cane crop have brightened due to brimming reservoirs. Bountiful monsoon rains this year have led to above average water levels in reservoirs, which will in turn boost the amount of sugar cane that’s planted, according to industry and Indian government officials. Sugar output […]
India’s wheat production could jump to a second consecutive annual record in 2020 as the wettest monsoon in 25 years is set to help farmers in expanding the area under the winter-sown crop while also boosting yields, industry officials told Reuters. But that higher production would add to India’s already swelling inventories, potentially forcing the world’s second-biggest wheat producer to […]
The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has estimated its cotton crop for the 2019-20 season at 354.50 lakh bales of 170 kgs. each which is higher by 42.50 lakh bales compared to the previous year’s crop of 312 lakh bales. The increase in crop estimated for the 2019-20 season is on account of higher acreage […]
India, one of the world’s biggest agricultural producers, experienced its heaviest monsoon rains in 25 years this year. While rain would normally cheer the agricultural heartland, the monsoon was erratic and has left many crops damaged. India is the world’s biggest producer of sugar, cotton and pulses and the second-biggest producer of wheat and rice. […]
Monsoon rains in India were 10 per cent above average in 2019 and the highest in 25 years as seasonal rainfall continued longer than expected, the weather department said. Extra June-September monsoon rainfall will help farmers expand areas under winter-sown crops such as wheat, rice rapeseed and chick peas, improving their earning potential and helping […]
Prices of green vegetables have declined by up to 39 per cent in the past three weeks because of a sharp increase in the arrival of new season harvests, reports Business Standard. Data compiled by the National Horticultural Board (NHB) showed that the price of green peas declined 39 per cent to trade at Rs […]
Farm profit from field crops is expected to increase 10-12 per cent in kharif season 2019 because of expected higher prices and despite lower output, CRISIL Research’s Agriculture Report 2019 said. After three years of healthy growth, kharif output this time could decline 3-5 per cent because of lower sowing acreage and yields being impacted […]
The deficit in southwest monsoon has narrowed and the sowing of summer (Kharif) crops is progressing well across the country, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has projected overall monsoon to remain normal. However till August 8, rainfall is 5 per cent below the normal level. “Monsoon was delayed a […]
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts India’s cotton production for 2019/20 at 29.0 million 480-pound bales, up 2 per cent from its previous forecast and 9 per cent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 12.6 million hectares, up 2 per cent from last month and unchanged from last year. The increase […]
