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Wheat sowing up 3pc this rabi season; oilseeds area up 8pc

Wheat sowing up 3pc this rabi season; oilseeds area up 8pc

Wheat acreage has increased 3 per cent so far in the ongoing rabi season at 286.5...

Agribusiness
GSP Crop launches CTPR products Helipro and Ballot to benefit farmers in India

GSP Crop launches CTPR products Helipro and Ballot to benefit farmers in India

GSP Crop Science, a leader in the agrochemical business based out of Ahmedabad,...

National
Wheat sowing up 25 per cent this Rabi season; wholesale price of wheat also rises

Wheat sowing up 25 per cent this Rabi season; wholesale price of wheat also rises

Wheat acreage has increased by 25 per cent so far in the ongoing Rabi season at...

National
Wheat sowing up 5.36% in rabi season so far

Wheat sowing up 5.36% in rabi season so far

Area sown under wheat has increased by 5.36 per cent annually to 211.62 lakh hectares...

National
More area under wheat and mustard in current Rabi season than last year

More area under wheat and mustard in current Rabi season than last year

The effect of high prices of wheat and mustard is visible in the area sown for the...

Cooperatives
Pulse Canada, CPSC, NAFED sign joint statement for FTA between Canada, India

Pulse Canada, CPSC, NAFED sign joint statement for FTA between Canada, India

Pulse Canada, CPSC and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of...

National
Rice production estimated to be lower by 6.77 million tonnes in 2022-23 Kharif season

Rice production estimated to be lower by 6.77 million tonnes in 2022-23 Kharif season

Rice production in the Kharif season for 2022-23 is estimated at 104.99 million...

National
Area sown decreases for paddy and pulses

Area sown decreases for paddy and pulses

While the area sown for rice (paddy) has gone down from 417.93 lakh ha in 2021 to...

National
Foodgrain production to be record 315.72 mt: 4th AE 2021-22

Foodgrain production to be record 315.72 mt: 4th AE 2021-22

The production of foodgrains in the country is estimated at 315.72 mt, higher by...

National
Paddy acreage falls by 43.83 lakh hectares; foodgrain stocks at 4-year low in central pool

Paddy acreage falls by 43.83 lakh hectares; foodgrain stocks at 4-year low in central pool

The paddy acreage is lagging behind that last year by 43.83 lakh hectares due to...

National
Stockholders to mandatorily disclose stocks of Tur: Centre to States/UTs

Stockholders to mandatorily disclose stocks of Tur: Centre to States/UTs

The states/UTs have been asked to direct stockholder entities to upload the data...

National
Food inflation a thorn in the side of monetary policy: CRISIL report

Food inflation a thorn in the side of monetary policy: CRISIL report

According to CRISIL Insight, food prices may not climb down this fiscal. And India’s...

National
Paddy acreage in current Kharif season 35.46 lakh ha below that last year; total crop acreage less by 18.26 lakh ha

Paddy acreage in current Kharif season 35.46 lakh ha below that last year; total crop acreage less by 18.26 lakh ha

The government has eventually released the figures for paddy sowing acreage for...

National
CCEA approves hike in MSP for Kharif crops; paddy goes up to Rs 2,040 per quintal

CCEA approves hike in MSP for Kharif crops; paddy goes up to Rs 2,040 per quintal

While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) forecast on Wednesday only that the retail...

National
National targets for food grains at 3280, pulses 295.5 and oilseeds 413.4 lt for 2022-23

National targets for food grains at 3280, pulses 295.5 and oilseeds 413.4 lt for 2022-23

As per Second Advance Estimates (2021-22), total foodgrain production in the country...

National
Demand for pulses projected to increase to 32.64mn tonnes in 2029-30

Demand for pulses projected to increase to 32.64mn tonnes in 2029-30

If we look at the overall yield of pulses, it went up from 786 kg/ha in 2016-17...