Talking to ET, PK Hisaria, president, Indian Guar Gum Manufacturers Association, said: “Last year, the area under guar seed was 32 lakh hec...

Chinese, American and European buyers have renewed their interest in Indian guar gum with prices having crashed by more than 50%.

Traders and growers expect production to drop to 20-25 lakh tonne from 35 lakh tonne if there are no rains for the rest of this month.

Farmers prefer guar cultivation as it offers better returns than cotton & soya despite price swings

Guar gum has emerged as India’s top farm export overtaking traditional heavyweights rice and cotton.

FMC is scheduled to review the ban with the Director General of Foreign Trade and the stakeholders in Rajasthan before taking a decision.

India produces 20 million tonne of guar seeds annually from which 6 lakh tonne of guar gum is extracted.

A sudden surge in guar price last year has kept away the US buyers from lifting the product which is used as a thickening agent used for oi...

The price of guar gum, grown in arid Rajasthan and used internationally to prise out natural gas from shale rock, has crashed from a peak o...

Deficient rains in parts of Rajasthan may spoil the party for overenthusiastic farmers who have expanded guar acreage this kharif season.

Guar gum prices have jumped to Rs 30,000 per quintal from Rs 3,000 per quintal a year ago while guar seed prices have gone up to Rs 350 per...

The acreage under guar, soyabean and groundnut in India is all set to rise this year.

Rajasthan and Haryana, which account for India’s three fourths of guar seed output between them, have increased the acreage a year after de...

Diminishing export demand coupled with high input cost has forced 90% of the Guar Gum processing units in Jodhpur to down their shutters do...

Despite the visible shrinkage in the acreage of Guar, the prices are likely to remain range bound amid feeble fluctuations.

Global downturn had its impact on prices of guar seeds and guar gum, used as an emulsifier in commercial food processing.

Futures trading in guar seed and guar gum may soon come to an end. Sharing the concern of the guar gum exporters that speculation in their ...