Agribusiness

Crystal crop protection launches insecticide for Maize and Soybean

Crystal crop protection launches insecticide for Maize and Soybean

Crystal Crop Protection Limited has launched Proclaim XTRA, a new insecticide targeting...

Innoterra expands MilkLane’s premium cattle feed range in India

Innoterra expands MilkLane’s premium cattle feed range in India

Innoterra’s subsidiary, MilkLane, is expanding its Aayush Cattle Feed line with...

How we get chickens on our plates: The broiler industry is India's most successful example of contract farming

How we get chickens on our plates: The broiler industry is India's most successful example of contract farming

The way poultry farming has established itself as a big contract farming and integrated...

Salam Kisan Achieves Rs 23.61 Crore Revenue in FY 2024

Salam Kisan Achieves Rs 23.61 Crore Revenue in FY 2024

Salam Kisan, a pioneering agri-tech platform, has recorded a remarkable 11X growth...

Bayer CropScience sees revenue and profit dip in Q1 amid weather and supply issues

Bayer CropScience sees revenue and profit dip in Q1 amid weather and supply issues

Bayer CropScience remains cautiously optimistic about the upcoming season, with...

Sonalika sells 50,000 tractors in just 4 months, domestic market share expands

Sonalika sells 50,000 tractors in just 4 months, domestic market share expands

Sonalika has sold a total of 51,268 tractors between April and July 2024, indicating...

Scimplify raises $9.5M in series a funding led by Omnivore and Bertelsmann

Scimplify raises $9.5M in series a funding led by Omnivore and Bertelsmann

Scimplify, a Bengaluru-based specialty chemical startup, has raised $9.5 million...

Bühler India partners with NUTRIHUB-IIMR to drive innovation in millets processing

Bühler India partners with NUTRIHUB-IIMR to drive innovation in millets processing

Bühler India and Nutrihub-IIMR have announced a strategic collaboration to advance...

July sees 12 percent decline in tractor sales, raising concerns for the Sector

July sees 12 percent decline in tractor sales, raising concerns for the Sector

In July 2024, tractor sales in the country fell by 11.94 percent, with 79,970 units...

Mahindra tractors and Escorts kubota sales up in July, VST sees decline

Mahindra tractors and Escorts kubota sales up in July, VST sees decline

Key players in the tractor industry, including Mahindra Tractors, Escorts Kubota,...

ITC unveils agricultural initiatives and farmer-centric approach at 113th AGM

ITC unveils agricultural initiatives and farmer-centric approach at 113th AGM

At ITC Limited's 113th Annual General Meeting, Chairman Sanjiv Puri emphasized ITC’s...

What it has taken to build India's most state-of-the-art Ice Cream Plant

What it has taken to build India's most state-of-the-art Ice Cream Plant

Hatsun Agro Product, India's biggest private sector dairy company, has invested...

Indian Apple Industry Losing its Shine as Imports Surge by 33 percent

Indian Apple Industry Losing its Shine as Imports Surge by 33 percent

India primarily imports apples from Iran, Turkey, Italy, South Africa, New Zealand,...

Agricultural Exports Decline by 3.24% in Q1, Impacted by Export Restrictions and Rising Costs

Agricultural Exports Decline by 3.24% in Q1, Impacted by Export Restrictions and Rising Costs

In the first quarter of the current financial year (April-June 2024), India witnessed...

ISMA urges govt to reconsider sugar exports, predicts upto 36 lakh tons surplus

ISMA urges govt to reconsider sugar exports, predicts upto 36 lakh tons surplus

ISMA has urged the Centre to reconsider permitting the export of surplus sugar,...

Experts call for reorientation of agriculture, enhancing R&D to 1% of GDP for Viksit Bharat

Experts call for reorientation of agriculture, enhancing R&D to 1% of GDP for Viksit Bharat

Dr RS Paroda and other experts outlined an agenda that includes increased investment...

Indian Paper Sector has a Strong Rural Footprint Linking Farmers: IARPMA President

As India continues to face a fibre shortage, agroforestry-based production using agricultural residues such as bagasse, sarkanda,...

Agribusiness

ICRISAT's Breakthrough Could Save Groundnut Farmers from Pre-Harvest Sprouting

The breakthrough study identifies specific varieties and key genes that halt premature sprouting before harvest—a problem that currently...

National

String Bio and CLRRI Complete the First Successful Field Trial of CleanRise in Vietnam

The trial focused on CleanRise®, String Bio’s patented foliar microbial biostimulant, which enhances nutrient-use efficiency and stimulates...

Agritech

Sugarcane Crushing Gains Momentum, But Uncertainty Over Sugar MSP and Ethanol Prices

NFCSF has urged the Centre to permit additional sugar exports and correct anomalies in ethanol allocation.

Agribusiness

AIKS Calls Nationwide Protests on December 10, Rejects Seed Bill 2025 and ITPGRFA Compromise Proposal

The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has announced a nationwide Protest Day on December 10, urging farmers to burn copies of the Draft...

National

Farmer Income Trails Growth in Agricultural Output

The GDP and GVA data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on November 28th clarify this picture. They also clearly show...

Opinion