India’s 2019-20 sugar production is set to fall by 19 per cent over previous year, industry body Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said in its first estimate of sugar production for 2019-20. India is expected to produce 268.5 lakh tonnes sugar in 2019-20 as against 331.61 lakh tonnes produced in the previous year. A press […]
The excessive rains this year are likely to affect the soyabean production by around 20 lakh tonne in the country and stand at 89.9 lakh tonne, according to an assessment by the Soyabean Processors Association (SOPA). The soyabean output in 2019 is likely to fall nearly 18% from a year ago. The estimated total production […]
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts India’s cotton production for 2019/20 at 29.5 million 480-pound bales, up nearly 2 per cent from last month and up 11 per cent from the previous year. The increase is based on improved weather conditions in the major cotton areas of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Harvested area is […]
Cotton prices have started rising the past one week due to lower production estimates this year, following reports of crop damage on erratic rainfall and pink bollworm attack on standing crops in major growing regions, reports Business Standard. Data compiled by Agmarknet.in showed raw cotton prices in Warangal mandi surged by 7 per cent the past 10 days […]
With an extended winter and spell of rain at regular intervals during the ongoing Rabi season, the key grain growing States of Punjab and Haryana are expected to reap a bumper harvest of wheat at nearly 300 lakh tonnes. For the state of Punjab, the agriculture department is expecting about 180 lakh tonnes of wheat […]
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 and industry due to deficient rain and incidence of white grub, which are expected to reduce per hectare sugarcane productivity. “The overall sugar production of the state can decline […]
India’s tea production fell 6.7 percent in July from a year ago to 151.38 million kgs as plucking fell in the top two producing states due to lower rainfall, the state-run Tea Board said. The country’s tea output in the first seven months of 2018 fell 5 percent from a year ago to 583.84 million […]
The devastating floods in Kerala have brought the state’s economy to a standstill, with tens of thousands of farmers clueless about their future, as rainwaters have destroyed yearlong plantations, hitting coffee, spices and rubber. “Preliminary findings show that nearly 1,82,000 farmers are directly affected, and nearly 28,150 hectares of farm land are submerged in flood […]
Unprecedented rains that triggered flash floods and landslides have delivered a deadly blow to several coffee planters in Karnataka, the largest producer of coffee in India. Spices like black pepper and cardamom produced in the coffee estates have also been severely hit. Not only the plantations have been washed away in the floods and landslides, […]
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 […]
