MahaFPC, a sub-agent for NAFED has started purchasing tur (arhar) at minimum support price (MSP) from farmers in Maharashtra. Yogesh Thorat, MD, MahaFPC, said to Financial Express that the agency has purchased around 7,000 quintal out of the target of 65,000 to 70,000 tonnes set by the the federation. Tur, which is harvested in December-January, […]
India is set to harvest a record wheat production of 106.21 million tonne in the 2019-20 crop year on the back of good rains, according to latest government data. Wheat production has been rising year-on-year and the previous record of 103.60 million tonne was achieved during the 2018-19 crop year (July-June). Wheat is the main rabi (winter) crop, harvesting […]
Inaugurating the UN World Pulses Day celebrations in New Delhi, Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that initiatives of the Government in increasing pulses production in the country yielded positive results and Government is committed to provide remunerative prices to farmers for the produce, a release by Press Information Bureau […]
The government plans to extend urad dal imports of up to 4,00,000 tonnes a fiscal for another three months till June this year in view of likely domestic shortages, according to sources, reports the Press Trust of India. The Indian Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA) has demanded the government for removal of quantitative curbs on […]
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’s rabi acreage to go up by 6.6 per cent to 572 lakh hectares this week over the corresponding week last year, according to rabi sowing data released by the Agriculture Ministry. The total planted area under winter crop the same week last year was 536 lakh hectares. There was an almost 10 per cent […]
The government has decided to offload 8.47 lakh tonnes of pulses from its buffer stock and will sell foodgrains to states at market price to boost domestic availability and ensure stability in prices. The average prices of pulses are ruling at Rs 60-95 per kg in major cities, but maximum rate of urad is as […]
The government has decided to offload 8.47 lakh tonnes of pulses from its buffer stock and will sell foodgrains to states at market price to boost domestic availability and ensure stability in prices. The average prices of pulses are ruling at Rs 60-95 per kg in major cities, but maximum rate of urad is as […]
Dal (pulses) millers in the country have asked the government to extend the deadline till year-end for the import of pulses. The Centre has urged the millers to import pulses by October 31. Indore-based All India Dal Millers Association (AIDMA) has estimated that the crop in Burma has been good, but the crop in African […]
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. […]
