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SED to Build World’s First Boilerless ‘Greenfield Standalone Sugar Refinery’ at Kandla

SED to Build World’s First Boilerless ‘Greenfield Standalone Sugar Refinery’ at Kandla

Spray Engineering Devices Limited will build the world’s first boilerless greenfield...

US-Iran War Threatens India’s Edible Oil Supplies; Palm Oil Prices Likely to Rise Amid Hormuz Disruption

US-Iran War Threatens India’s Edible Oil Supplies; Palm Oil Prices Likely to Rise Amid Hormuz Disruption

Escalating US-Iran tensions and the reported closure of the Strait of Hormuz threaten...

Iran Conflict Disrupts India’s Basmati Rice Exports as Middle East Accounts for 70% of Shipments

Iran Conflict Disrupts India’s Basmati Rice Exports as Middle East Accounts for 70% of Shipments

The escalating Iran conflict has disrupted India’s basmati rice exports, with nearly...

Cane Yield Decline Deepens Sugar Economy Crisis; ISMA Seeks Fast-Track Approval for New Variety

Cane Yield Decline Deepens Sugar Economy Crisis; ISMA Seeks Fast-Track Approval for New Variety

Declining sugarcane yields and slow varietal replacement have pushed both farmers...

Global DAP Prices Touch $730 Per Tonne, Raising Kharif Supply Concerns in India

Global DAP Prices Touch $730 Per Tonne, Raising Kharif Supply Concerns in India

Global prices of Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) have surged to $730 per tonne, up by...

Cotton Imports Surge Amid Production Dip And Trade Deal Concerns

Cotton Imports Surge Amid Production Dip And Trade Deal Concerns

Over the past 16 months, India has imported 7.6 million bales of cotton worth Rs...

India’s Farmers Are Subsidising America’s China Strategy   

India’s Farmers Are Subsidising America’s China Strategy  

The earliest signal came not from customs data but from mandis. Within a week of...

India’s Sugar Output seen at 29 Million Tonnes,  2.6 Million Tonnes Below Industry's Initial Estimates

India’s Sugar Output seen at 29 Million Tonnes, 2.6 Million Tonnes Below Industry's Initial Estimates

India’s 2025–26 sugar production is projected at 29 million tonnes, 2.6 million...

India Allows Wheat Exports, Approves Additional Wheat Products And Sugar Exports

India Allows Wheat Exports, Approves Additional Wheat Products And Sugar Exports

The Government of India has approved exports of 25 lakh tonnes of wheat, 5 lakh...

Rahul Gandhi Meets Farm Union Leaders; India–US Trade Deal And Way Forward Discussed

Rahul Gandhi Meets Farm Union Leaders; India–US Trade Deal And Way Forward Discussed

Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi met farm union leaders in the Parliament House...

Viksit Bharat and the Farm Economy: Why India’s Net Zero Path Will Be Won—or Lost—in Agriculture

Viksit Bharat and the Farm Economy: Why India’s Net Zero Path Will Be Won—or Lost—in Agriculture

Unlike power or transport, agriculture is both a victim of climate change and a...

Centre Withdraws Wheat Stock Limit Order as Supplies Improve

Centre Withdraws Wheat Stock Limit Order as Supplies Improve

The Centre has withdrawn the wheat stock limit order citing improved availability...

No Compromise on Agriculture or Dairy, Farmers’ Interests Fully Protected, Says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

No Compromise on Agriculture or Dairy, Farmers’ Interests Fully Protected, Says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Amid opposition allegations over the India–US trade deal, Union Agriculture and...

Panel Discussion Flags Gaps and Opportunities in Union Budget 2026 for Indian Agriculture

Panel Discussion Flags Gaps and Opportunities in Union Budget 2026 for Indian Agriculture

A panel discussion on Union Budget 2026–27 highlighted A gradual reorientation toward...

Congress Slams Government on India–US Trade Deal, Calls It an Attack on Farmers’ Interests

Congress Slams Government on India–US Trade Deal, Calls It an Attack on Farmers’ Interests

The Congress and opposition parties have launched a sharp attack government on the...

IFGE welcomes the budget announcements for Biogas-Blended CNG, CCUS and EVs

IFGE welcomes the budget announcements for Biogas-Blended CNG, CCUS and EVs

For Biogas/Compressed Biogas (CBG) Sector, exempting the value of CBG contained...

RBI Flags Strong Farm Credit Growth Amid Stable Inflation and Resilient Economic Expansion

The RBI’s May 2026 Bulletin highlighted strong economic growth, stable inflation and improving financial sector health, while stressing...

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Wheat Procurement Nears 34.5 Million Tonne Target in RMS 2026-27; Punjab, Haryana Surpass Goals

Government wheat procurement for RMS 2026-27 has reached around 33 million tonnes, nearing the revised target of 34.497 million tonnes....

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Nationwide Protest by Samyukt Kisan Morcha From May 27 Over Fertiliser Crisis, Diesel Price Hike and MSP Issues

The Morcha has called upon farmer and agricultural labour unions across the country to burn copies of MSP orders in every village...

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IPL Biologicals Starts Manufacturing Facility in Gujarat Amid Push to Reduce Chemical Fertilizer Use

IPL Biologicals Ltd. has inaugurated a Rs 200 crore bio-products manufacturing facility in Gujarat’s Vadodara to expand production...

Agribusiness

Record Pulse Import Bill Exposes India’s Farmland Paradox as 17 Lakh Hectares Lie Idle in Tamil Nadu

India imported a record 73.4 lakh tonnes of pulses worth USD 5.47 billion in 2024-25 even as Tamil Nadu had over 17 lakh hectares...

States

Decision on Sugarcane Control Order Will Be Taken After Farmers’ Consent, Assures Food Minister Prahlad Joshi

Union Food Minister Prahlad Joshi assured farmers and jaggery industry representatives that no decision on the proposed Sugarcane...

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