India is set to ramp up rice utilization for ethanol production this year, amid reduced planting of maize and sugarcane, raising concerns a...

By August 7, farmers have successfully planted Kharif crops at 87.7% of the expected seasonal average. While rainfall deficiencies have mit...

India debates ethanol mandates, drawing lessons from Brazil's Proalcool program. Brazil's initial success faced a late 1980s crisis due to ...

Kharif crop sowing has declined by three percent this season. Paddy and pulses acreage saw a notable decrease across several states. Coarse...

Erratic monsoon is reshaping India's kharif sowing patterns this season. Farmers are shifting acreage from staples to hardy crops and veget...

In a shocking turn of events, egg prices in India have soared to historic highs, primarily due to surging poultry feed costs. Increases in ...

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged ICAR to increase pulse and oilseed productivity. He emphasized research must address groun...

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research plans crop diversification by 2047. This roadmap aims to significantly increase agricultural an...

Soybean sowing has accelerated across key Indian states after a monsoon delay. Nearly ninety percent of targeted areas in Madhya Pradesh an...

The report said that the southwest monsoon arrived in India on June 3, signalling a good start to the kharif 2021 season. As on June 23, mo...

In kharif season, paddy area will shrink in Punjab & Haryana; acreage under oilseeds, guar, soyabean, maize, jowar & bajra may decrease

Maize acreage in Punjab is expected to increase by about 1.50 lakh hectares.

1.5 lakh hectares of farmland submerged in Karnataka, 1.12 lakh hectares marooned in Andhra Pradesh.

Karnataka is clearly heading for a bumper maize crop in the ongoing kharif season.

Maize prices have continued to show a marked uptrend though the fact remains that acreage has risen and the country is expected to witness ...

Maize production in the country is likely to rise by 10 per cent to about 15 million tons this year on the back of increased area under cul...

West Bengal is the largest producer of rice, jute and vegetables in the country. But it is deficient in wheat, pulses, oilseeds and maize a...