Cabinet raises Minimum Support Prices for 14 kharif cropsThe Union Cabinet has approved significant hikes in Minimum Support Prices for 14 Kharif crops for the 2026-27 marketing season. Sunflower ...
13 May, 2026, 04.04 PM IST
Kaveri Seeds becomes world’s first seed producer to have over a lakh acres in productionThe bulk of the newly acquired seed production area is dedicated to the non-cotton sector and mostly towards high-margin hybrid rice, maize...
26 Feb, 2021, 10.47 AM IST
Kaveri Seeds to adopt GMS technology for hybrid cotton seedsNearly a fourth of their hybrid cotton seeds production of Kaveri next year would be through GMS technology and entire hybrid cotton seeds ...
15 Oct, 2019, 11.18 AM IST
Hybrid seed prices cut by 10 per cent for 2017-18 kharif seasonThe decision in this regard was taken at a meeting called by Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh here today to reduce voluntarily ...
16 Jun, 2017, 08.58 PM IST
Blow to Monsanto as agriculture ministry set to control cotton seed pricesThe move of the ministry comes in response to a series of representations made by the domestic hybrid seed manufacturers.
12 Dec, 2015, 04.19 AM IST
Swelling input costs push Telangana and AP cotton farmers to traditional hybrid varietiesCotton farmers now have an option of switching to non-BT or traditional hybrid varieties that have given comparable yields in trials.
29 Oct, 2015, 10.05 AM IST
Hybrid seed producers want government to move CCI against Mahyco MonsantoIndian hybrid seed industry and the domestic hybrid seed producers claim to have paid over Rs 5,000 crore to Monsanto in the form of royalt...
15 Oct, 2015, 05.01 AM IST
Royalty Payments: Indian seed makers to take on MonsantoIndian hybrid seed producers are once again preparing to take on the global hybrid seed giant Monsanto on royalty payments for BT cotton te...
14 Oct, 2015, 10.25 AM IST
Agriculture ministry seeks legal advice on Monsanto's royaltiesThe Union agriculture ministry will seek comprehensive legal advice on regulating the contentious royalty payments levied by global hybrid ...
09 Sep, 2015, 10.29 AM IST
Government to seek legal advice to rein in hybrid seed makersNSAI sought the agriculture ministry’s intervention weeks after some state governments began fixing caps on the royalty the seed makers pay...
09 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Hybrid seed makers seek government intervention to resolve Monsanto issueHybrid seed producers under the banner of NSAI have sought the government’s intervention to resolve the tussle with global hybrid seed gian...
27 Aug, 2015, 05.56 AM IST
Hybrid seed companies want Mahyco Monsanto Biotech to return excess royaltiesA group of hybrid seed makers has also obtained legal advice to move higher courts against Mahyco Monsanto if it refuses to downwardly revi...
13 Aug, 2015, 10.42 AM IST
Monsoon plays spoilsport for cotton seed companiesThis came at a time when they were struggling to deal with a sharp reduction in hybrid seed prices announced by some state governments such...
02 Jul, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Hybrid maize seed market set to double in two yearsThe Indian hybrid seed sector is now pegged at around Rs 12,000 crore with hybrid maize accounting for little over Rs 1,500 crore.
09 Apr, 2014, 04.25 AM IST
Bejo Sheetal sets up cold storage for boosting hybrid onion seed productionBejo Sheetal has recently invested in setting up an unique cold storage to boost the production of hybrid onion seeds.
30 Sep, 2013, 05.59 PM IST
- Onion farmers switch crop on seed scarcity
Private onion seed companies are reporting an average rise of 300% in seed prices while farmers buying informally from each other are doing...
23 Nov, 2010, 02.18 AM IST
- JK Group aims to triple market share of Bt cotton
JK Agri Genetics aims to nearly triple its market share to eight per cent in this kharif season.
01 Jul, 2007, 05.00 PM IST