India’s mustard output is all set to hit a record 10 million tonnes this year in the wake of the pilot project launched during 2020-21 rabi season. As per the oilseed mission lunched by the government through Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), the sowing area under the crop is said to have reached an […]
The Union Budget did not propose anything transformative for agriculture as a sector. It is a neutral budget for the sector. It highlighted how the MSP and Procurement volumes went up in the last few years. High procurement values of wheat, rice and pulses in 2020-21 should give sufficient cash in the hands of farmers […]
Higher demand for immunity boosting spices like turmeric has helped the nation in reporting a 19 per cent growth in export of spices and spice products during the first half of the year, state-run Spice Board of India said. Exports of spices and other value-added products during six months of FY21 stand at 7 lakh […]
Agri commodity exchange NCDEX formally announced on Sunday the launch of Options in Goods contracts on wheat, rapeseed-mustard seed and maize from July 27. The tool entails compulsory delivery settlement after expiry or freedom to sell in the open market if the market rate is higher than the contracted price. The new tool is slated […]
India has been importing oilseeds more aggressively than exporting it. As per the government data for past four years, oilseeds imports to India have jumped 226 per cent as against 14 per cent dip in exports. Data from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), as compiled by the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA), […]
Wheat production during the current rabi season could be a record 113.66 million tonnes, nearly 10 per cent more than the 103.6 million tonnes output in the previous year, while gram output could be 8 per cent higher at 10.74 million tonnes, according to the crop estimate report released by private weather forecasting firm Skymet. […]
The government has so far purchased around 1.34 lakh tonnes of pulses and nearly 30,000 tonnes of oilseeds from farmers worth Rs 785 crore during the ongoing marketing season of rabi (winter) crops. State-owned Food Corporation of India (FCI) and cooperative NAFED procured pulses and oilseeds at the minimum support price (MSP), on behalf of […]
The National Bulk Handling Corporation (NBHC), which has come out with its first rabi crop estimates for 2019-20, said the total rabi cereals production for 2019-20 is expected to increase by 4.52 per cent to 1,342.3 lakh tonnes from 1,284.3 lakh tonnes in 2018-19. NBHC said the wheat area is expected to increase by 12.03 […]
In what is being termed as the biggest locust swarm attack in over two decades, several parts of North Gujarat have seen crops like castor, cumin and mustard take a major hit. According to farmers in the North Gujarat region, Banaskantha has seen the highest impact of the migratory insect’s swarm attack with 25-30 per […]
Total area sown with winter crops (Rabi) in India reached at 251 lakh hectares so far, about 10 per cent lower than the 276.83 lakh hectares planted in the corresponding week last year. According to the latest rabi sowing data released by the Agriculture Ministry, there is a substantial shortfall in the planting of gram […]
