Decades of farm gains, inventories strengthen food system against 'super' El NinoNear-record food inventories, improved farming technology and stronger exporters such as Brazil and Russia are expected to cushion the glob...
11 Aug, 2026, 02.07 PM IST
Can a weak monsoon slow India's economy? Here's what investors need to knowA 10% rain deficit could add as much as one-percentage-point to headline consumer inflation driven by food prices, according to research by...
29 Jun, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
China’s fading hunger for grain spells trouble for world farmersChina's economic crisis is leading to reduced grain imports, affecting global farmers. French barley exports and US corn sales to China are...
16 Sep, 2024, 10.07 AM IST
Rising imports pull wheat prices 8-10% lowerSome analysts want the government to scrap the 10% import duty that India levies on the grain, as they expect the local output to miss the ...
11 Oct, 2016, 09.42 AM IST
Trading companies to buy 1.6 lakh tonnes of Australian wheat to meet local needsTraders and brokers said there were reports of French wheat sale at $204 per tonne to Kochi, as they were looking at a shortfall in product...
06 May, 2016, 06.29 AM IST
Flour mills to continue importing wheat from Australia despite 25% dutyLocal flour mills are expected to sign more contracts to source wheat from Australia despite them paying a 25% import duty, as demand for b...
07 Apr, 2016, 05.00 PM IST
Government levies 10 per cent import duty on wheatThe government mposed an import duty of 10 per cent on wheat until March 31 next year, a measure aimed at helping the Food Corporation of I...
08 Aug, 2015, 05.27 AM IST
Australian grain industry should tap India for wheat supply: OfficialsA leading US-based commodity market expert has asked Australian grain industry to tap India for supplying premium wheat.
29 Jul, 2015, 04.31 PM IST
Traders Jittery as govt plans to hike wheat import duty by 10 per centTraders and processors of wheat products are concerned over a likely move by the government to impose a 10 per cent duty on the cereal grai...
29 Jul, 2015, 06.03 AM IST
- Global wheat prices plummet on India output fears
India's projected healthy wheat crop in the marketing season beginning March and projections that the country could emerge as potential exp...
19 Feb, 2010, 10.25 PM IST
- Australia stays off wheat row
Amid the furore over import of red wheat, the Australian High Commission has sought to clarify that India has imported only white wheat fro...
30 Oct, 2007, 02.32 AM IST
- Ministry may lose right to import wheat
The government is mulling the possibility of letting the commerce ministry handle the nitty-gritty of foodgrain imports from now on instead...
13 Sep, 2007, 01.22 AM IST
- Wheat import can wait till October
The government is unclear whether it will have the requisite four million tonnes of grain as buffer stock by the end of the year through im...
29 May, 2007, 03.27 AM IST
- Wheat production way below target: Pawar
Against a target of 16m tonnes, we have done only 9.2m tonnes (till now),” agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said replying to supplementary...
29 Jul, 2006, 12.42 AM IST
- Local wheat’s cheaper than foreign grain
Good quality Indian wheat is still substantially cheaper than foreign grain. Bread and biscuit companies have not contracted foreign wheat ...
14 Jul, 2006, 12.41 AM IST
- Mill on the Left can't grind wheat imports
The Centre’s decision to relax the conditions for wheat import has left the Left livid.
27 Jun, 2006, 12.31 AM IST
- Govt sticks to wheat import bidding norms
Despite challenges being faced in firming up new wheat import contracts, the Centre has ruled out any compromise on post-tender conditions ...
12 Jun, 2006, 12.14 AM IST