- Late sowing firms up retail potato prices
Retail potato prices remain firm at 20 a kg even as harvesting progresses across Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
24 Jul, 2012, 10.47 AM IST
- Potato growers vexed as export orders dry up
Farmers in potato belt are heading towards financial crisis. Traders & farmers are holding huge stocks following bumper crop in 2010-11.
28 Jul, 2011, 07.50 AM IST
- Potato growers vexed as export orders dry up
Farmers in potato belt are heading towards financial crisis. Traders & farmers are holding huge stocks following bumper crop in 2010-11 , e...
28 Jul, 2011, 05.48 AM IST
- Rains, disease to impact Karnataka’s potato crop
Poor rains and disease are likely to force a sharp drop in large producer Karnataka’s potato acreage in the new season, according to hortic...
09 Jun, 2009, 12.01 AM IST
- Potato volume picks up on MCX
Futures trading in potato on the Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) appears to have gained momentum. With a pick-up in trading, the daily singl...
14 Feb, 2007, 02.14 AM IST
- Bengal weighs futures in tomato, chilli, pineapple
After encouraging participation by farmers and traders in futures trading in Kufri Jyoti potato on the Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) platf...
04 Dec, 2006, 12.00 AM IST
- Bengal dials Pawar for potato breeder seeds
The West Bengal government has approached Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to get high quality potato breeder seeds from Simla-based...
24 Nov, 2006, 12.41 AM IST
- MCX to launch futures trading in Kurfi Jyoti potato
MCX is set to launch futures trading in the superior quality Kufri Jyoti potato. This will be in addition to the fair average quality potat...
28 Jul, 2006, 12.48 AM IST
- FMC allows commexes to log into onion futures
Hopefully onions will no longer reduce the government to tears. The Forward Markets Commission (FMC) has allowed both the National Commodit...
21 Jun, 2006, 12.29 AM IST