As per the ministry data, wheat has been sown in 35.8 lakh hectare in Madhya Pradesh, 34.98 lakh hectare in Uttar Pradesh, 29.45 lakh hecta...

Harvesting is in its peak in Haryana, Punjab, UP and is likely to be completed by the end of April 2020. Punjab has deployed 18000 combines...

In 2018-19, the total rabi cereals production stood at 128.43 million tonne.

Availability of good soil moisture across major Rabi producing states has also laid the foundation for good produce. Keeping in considerati...

Rabi season which contributes to nearly 50% of the food grain production starts from November and lasts till April of the following year. T...

This coupled with the drought in some parts have impacted Rabi sowing and could aggravate the distress in the farm sector.

Wheat planting fell by 4.02% to 298.67 lakh hectare, largely in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, but increased in Gujarat, Himacha...

Pulse acreage has grown to 155.35 lakh hectares, from 139.93 lakh hectares. Oilseed sowing area has risen to 81.47 lakh hectares, from 75.0...

Pulses acreage has grown to 121.74 lakh hectares from 110.80 lakh hectares. Oilseeds sowing area has risen to 72.23 lakh hectares from 65.7...

Area under wheat cultivation has dropped by 7.23 per cent to 259.37 lakh hectare so far in the ongoing rabi season due to lack of soil mois...

I think we are heading towards zero percent growth -- it may be plus/minus one. That is the growth rate we are expecting in agriculture.

Wheat acreage has declined by about two per cent to 299.33 lakh hectares so far in the current rabi season, according to official data.

Area sown under coarse cereals, pulses and oilseeds is also lesser in the winter sowing season as compared to the year-ago period.

Production of foodgrains (comprising rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals) in 2013-14 crop year (July-June) stood at 264.77 million tonne...

The area under pulses stands at 126.84 lakh hectare and it exceeds the normal area of 126.70 lakh hectare for the entire rabi season.

The real kicker to this year’s farm GDP growth will come from excellent soil moisture and copious reservoirs of water.

Agriculture and allied sector grew by 3.9 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal as against 2.4 per cent in the year-ago perio...