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Banned cotton seeds carve out ₹600 cr parallel marketBanned HTBt cotton seeds are now popular in India. These seeds account for 15% of the market. Farmers use them to cut labour costs. Industr...- Wheat demand doing what farm laws could have doneFarmers are selling wheat at lucrative prices to private trade, as demand for exports has skyrocketed, ignoring the government's purchases ...
- Late-season rainfall damages harvest-ready Kharif crop in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, TelanganaWhile states are yet to carry out field surveys to assess the actual losses, they say that the highest loss in Maharashtra will be of the s...
- Many farm leaders welcome agricultural reforms despite some resistance in Punjab and HaryanaThe bills remove restrictions on sale and transportation of farm produce and allows them to enter into contracts with large buyers at an as...
- APMCs in Maharashtra observe one day strike protesting against deregulation of marketsTraders working at the APMC premises have demanded that they too be given the relaxation from paying taxes, a benefit their counterparts wo...
- Maharashtra onion traders threaten to boycott trade if restrictions not easedAfter wholesale prices touched Rs 50 per kg in September, the Centre banned exports and imposed stock limits, allowing retail traders to ke...
- Farmers fear loss, not arrest, and seed illegal Bt cottonIndia allows cultivation of BGI and BGII varieties of Bt cotton.
- Maharashtra traders to resume buying of kharif crop without committing to pay MSPThe state government had suspended licenses of about 20 traders, who had refused to buy at MSP. They have demanded cancellation of this act...
- Maharashtra traders boycott farm auctionsTraders at Latur Agricultural Produce Market Committee boycotted the auction of pulses and soyabean.
- How Pasha Patel is helping farmers align their demands with those of industryPasha Patel heads a group that has the mandate to recommend remunerative prices for agri commodities. He is the single point of contact whe...
- Pink bollworms may hurt Maharashtra cotton cropJain said it was difficult to convince farmers to remove the crop from the field earlier.
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