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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 to 85 pc Faculty Posts Vacant in Agri Universities, Chouhan Calls for Grading and Filling Posts

Up to 85 pc Faculty Posts Vacant in Agri Universities, Chouhan Calls for Grading and Filling Posts

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed concern that many positions related...

Cooperatives Should Reach Every Village, Every Person: Dr. Chandrapal Singh

Cooperatives Should Reach Every Village, Every Person: Dr. Chandrapal Singh

Dr. Chandrapal Singh, Chairman of KRIBHCO and President of ICA (Asia-Pacific), emphasizes...

BIRC 2025 Targets Rs 25,000 Crore in Rice Export MoUs, Set to Strengthen India’s Global Agri Footprint

BIRC 2025 Targets Rs 25,000 Crore in Rice Export MoUs, Set to Strengthen India’s Global Agri Footprint

The Bharat International Rice Conference (BIRC) 2025, to be held on October 30–31...

2025 Southwest Monsoon Most Spatially Skewed in 14 Years, CRISIL Report

2025 Southwest Monsoon Most Spatially Skewed in 14 Years, CRISIL Report

The Rainfall Distortion Index (RDI), which evaluates the spatial distribution and...

Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan: A Milestone in Agricultural Extension

Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan: A Milestone in Agricultural Extension

The nationwide Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan, led by the Ministry of Agriculture...

Rajasthan HC halts sale of GM foods until safety regulations are established

Rajasthan HC halts sale of GM foods until safety regulations are established

The Rajasthan High Court has banned the sale, manufacture, import, and distribution...

Maize Farmers Face Heavy Losses as Market Prices Fall Far Below MSP Despite Ethanol Push

Maize Farmers Face Heavy Losses as Market Prices Fall Far Below MSP Despite Ethanol Push

In the current Kharif season, maize acreage has increased by nearly 12% to over...

Crushing Season Nears Early End as 94% Sugar Mills Close in Maharashtra; Cane Shortage Hits UP

India’s 2025–26 sugar season is ending earlier than usual, with over 90% mills shut in Maharashtra and reduced operations in Uttar...

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Iran Conflict Triggers China to Expand Fertilizer Export Curbs Beyond Urea

Despite being one of the world’s largest producers of fertilizers, China is not immune to these pressures. Domestic prices for key...

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Centre Releases Rs 1,789 Crore XV Finance Commission Grants For Rural Local Bodies in Five States

The Centre has released over Rs 1,789 crore under the Fifteenth Finance Commission to rural local bodies in five states for FY 2025-26....

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Soybean Prices Firm Up as Global Soy Oil Crosses $1,100/Tonne on Middle East Tensions

Global soybean prices are strengthening as soybean oil rises above $1,100 per tonne amid Middle East tensions. The rally is driven...

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Rural women’s workforce participation rises; rural unemployment steady at 4.2% in Feb: PLFS

The survey shows that the Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) for people aged 15 years and above remained unchanged at 55.9% in...

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India Exports Only 3.15 Lakh Tonnes of Sugar Against 20 Lakh Tonnes Quota as Global Prices Weigh on Shipments

India has exported only about 3,15,517 tonnes of sugar by February 2026 despite the government allowing exports of 2 million tonnes...

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