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Iran war: Fuel price surge squeezes dairy, poultry value chainsIndustry officials say rising fuel costs, coupled with geopolitical disruptions affecting commodity markets, are squeezing farmer margins a...- In 1958, when China ordered a nationwide sparrow slaughter to protect grain crops, what followed was 2 million human deathsChina's war on sparrows in 1958 had devastating consequences. The campaign, aimed at protecting grain, instead led to a surge in crop-destr...
- QR codes on rice bags: Centre widens grain-tracking pilot to 3 statesThe Centre is expanding its QR tagging system for Food Corporation of India foodgrain bags. This initiative will cover Andhra Pradesh, Tela...
- Chana prices climb over 9% in a monthChana prices are rising despite a strong harvest and large buffer stocks. Government procurement is a key driver, absorbing a significant p...
- Open MSP procurement, storage to private sector: StarAgri CEOStarAgri CEO Amith Agarwal advocates a bigger private-sector role in MSP procurement and storage to boost efficiency, warehousing capacity,...
- Beyond rice, wheat: Why India must revive native ‘orphan crops’ for protein securityIndia can boost nutrition security, cut import dependence, and build a global smart protein industry by scaling climate-resilient indigenou...
- Centre raises MSP for 14 kharif crops, boosts support for pulses and oilseedsBased on expected margins over cost of production, the MSP hike is the most for moong at 61%, followed by bajra and maize (56% each) and tu...
- Decoding govt’s wheat strategy: Can higher procurement push and export quota hike lift the sector?Experts say wheat procurement may be constrained by limited storage, while exports remain largely uncompetitive globally.
- India's farm output hits record 357 million tonnes in 2024-25: J&K Lieutenant GovernorIndia is leading the global fight against climate challenges. Agriculture production reached 357 million tonnes in 2024-25. Jammu and Kashm...
- India's wheat production resilient despite setbacks: Agri ministryIndia's wheat output for the 2025-26 crop year is stable. The agriculture ministry assures resilience despite unseasonal rains and hailstor...
- Centre relaxes wheat procurement norms for Punjab to counter rain damageThe central government has eased wheat procurement rules for Punjab and Chandigarh for the Rabi Marketing Season 2026-27. This decision fol...
- Govt's wheat procurement to drop 69% due to delayed arrivalsWheat procurement is set to drop significantly in the 2026-27 marketing year. Unseasonal rains delayed grain arrivals and affected quality....
- Government ropes in Quality Council for grain management“QCI will review and upgrade existing standards' system to introduce the best global practices to bring end-to-end digitisation and traceab...
- Food ministry pushes for increase in allocation of subsidised food grainsFood minister Ram Vilas Paswan has written to PM Modi seeking his approval for this proposal, which has been lying before the Cabinet for s...
- Learn with ETMarkets: How does food credit workBanks led by SBI were rudely shocked when the Reserve Bank of India asked them to provide for some food credit traditionally treated as a r...
- CAG raps Punjab government for unpaid bills to agencies in 'Atta-Dal' schemeSAD-BJP led Punjab government had introduced its 'ambitious' scheme in March 2007, aimed at providing food grains at subsidised rates.
- Wheat procurement touches a new highWheat procurement has touched a new height of 29.61 million tonnes by the mid of May - more than 25% over last year's purchase of 23.6 mill...
- Cereal procurement surges in BiharBihar mopped up 7.4 lakh tonnes of paddy by way of procurement during 2006-07. This marked a quantum jump from the earlier paddy procuremen...
- Record grain buys may fatten subsidy bill by Rs 400 croreThe Centre’s food subsidy bill is likely to go up by Rs 350-400 crore, back-of-the-envelope calculations by the government suggest, thanks ...
- Foodgrain procurement policy on wayThe food ministry is paving the way to assert "Who’s Afraid of the Private Trade?", by putting in place a brand new, "fool-proof", food gra...
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