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Corteva Agriscience Launches Pixxaro — New Generation Broadleaf Weed Control for Wheat

Corteva Agriscience Launches Pixxaro — New Generation Broadleaf Weed Control for Wheat

Pixxaro® redefines BLW management with one shot, broad spectrum efficacy on problematic...

Centre Considers Allowing Wheat Product Exports With 1 MT Cap

Centre Considers Allowing Wheat Product Exports With 1 MT Cap

India’s wheat production has remained robust for two consecutive years, providing...

PM to Release 21st PM-KISAN Instalment on November 19; Direct Transfers Cross Rs 3.70 Lakh Crore

PM to Release 21st PM-KISAN Instalment on November 19; Direct Transfers Cross Rs 3.70 Lakh Crore

The Government of India has also undertaken various village-level special Saturation...

Amending India’s Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act

Amending India’s Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act

To stay uniquely pro-farmer in times when IP maximalist forces dominate will be...

Draft Seeds Bill 2025 Proposes Fine Up to Rs 30 Lakh, Jail Term for Violations; Aims to Ensure Seed Quality and Farmer Protection

Draft Seeds Bill 2025 Proposes Fine Up to Rs 30 Lakh, Jail Term for Violations; Aims to Ensure Seed Quality and Farmer Protection

The proposed legislation seeks to ensure that farmers have access to high-quality...

Food Prices Crash, Farmers Bear the Brunt as Inflation Hits Record Low of 0.25 pc

Food Prices Crash, Farmers Bear the Brunt as Inflation Hits Record Low of 0.25 pc

In mandis across these states, tomatoes, onions and potatoes are selling below the...

Nano Fertiliser Helps Cut Chemical Use, Boost Yields: University of Hyderabad

Nano Fertiliser Helps Cut Chemical Use, Boost Yields: University of Hyderabad

A nanofertiliser developed by a University of Hyderabad-led team has shown remarkable...

Arya.ag Brings Technology to the Farm Gate with Smart Farm Centres Powering Data-Led Agriculture

Arya.ag Brings Technology to the Farm Gate with Smart Farm Centres Powering Data-Led Agriculture

Arya.ag, India’s largest grain commerce platform, has launched 25 Smart Farm Centres...

World Bank Sees Commodity Slide Deepening in 2026; Relief for India’s Inflation, Risks for Farmers

World Bank Sees Commodity Slide Deepening in 2026; Relief for India’s Inflation, Risks for Farmers

Global commodity markets are set for another year of decline, with the World Bank...

NITI Aayog Maps Tech-Driven Future for Indian Farming  

NITI Aayog Maps Tech-Driven Future for Indian Farming  

NITI Aayog’s Frontier Tech Hub unveiled a groundbreaking roadmap titled “Reimagining...

Urea Shortage Likely as Consumption Set to Cross 40 Million Tonnes This Year

Urea Shortage Likely as Consumption Set to Cross 40 Million Tonnes This Year

The current Rabi season began with urea stocks approximately 2.6 million tonnes...

Satyukt Analytics Secures Patent for Satellite-Based Soil Nitrogen Estimation Method

Satyukt Analytics Secures Patent for Satellite-Based Soil Nitrogen Estimation Method

Satyukt Analytics, a Bengaluru-based agri-tech firm, has secured Patent No. 571754...

Centre Pushes States Toward Power Privatisation, Raising Fears for Farm Sector

Centre Pushes States Toward Power Privatisation, Raising Fears for Farm Sector

At the centre of the controversy is a Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting held on October...

Activists Allege ICAR and Agriculture Ministry of Rigging Results to Promote Genome-Edited Rice Varieties

Activists Allege ICAR and Agriculture Ministry of Rigging Results to Promote Genome-Edited Rice Varieties

Citing ICAR’s official trial data, the Coalition for a GM-Free India alleged that...

Farmer Payments at Risk as Ethanol Offtake Falls and Sugar MSP Remains Frozen: ISMA

Farmer Payments at Risk as Ethanol Offtake Falls and Sugar MSP Remains Frozen: ISMA

Under the Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025–26, only 289 crore litres of ethanol have...

Government Approves ₹37,952 Crore Fertiliser Subsidy for Rabi 2025-26

Government Approves ₹37,952 Crore Fertiliser Subsidy for Rabi 2025-26

The government’s decision comes amid rising global prices of fertiliser raw materials...

UP Farmers to Get Loans at 6% Interest Under Krishak Samriddhi Yojana, Announces CM Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that small and marginal farmers will get long-term loans at an effective interest...

States

177 Talukas in Karnataka Drought-Hit, Could Reach 200; Maharashtra May Face 100% Drought by September-End

Drought conditions are intensifying across Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, with Karnataka set to raise drought-hit taluks...

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Public Sector, Regional Rural Banks to Remain Open on Sunday, September 27 Ahead of Proposed Strike

Public Sector Banks and Regional Rural Banks will remain open on Sunday, September 27, ahead of the proposed three-day nationwide...

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More than 451,000 Heat Deaths Projected from Super El Niño; India Fourth Among Countries Worst Hit

The Climate Impact Lab projects more than 451,000 additional heat-related deaths globally over the next six months due to Super El...

International

Maharashtra Sets up Cabinet Panel to Fast-Track Drought Relief, Preliminary Notification Expected by Saturday

Maharashtra has formed a cabinet sub-committee headed by Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule to oversee drought relief, assess...

States

As Sugar Prices Fall, Industry Denies Excessive Profits From Brief Price Peak

Retail sugar prices have fallen 11-12% ahead of the festive season, prompting ISMA and NFCSF to deny that mills made excessive profits...

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