The IMD has retained its forecast for a below-normal monsoon in 2026, with El Nino expected to dominate the June-September season and rainf...

The 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...

India's food reserves are robust. Wheat and rice stocks in FCI godowns are nearly three times the mandatory buffer. This ensures ample supp...

Experts say wheat procurement may be constrained by limited storage, while exports remain largely uncompetitive globally.

India has floated a global tender to import 50 million tonnes of NPK fertilisers and 35 million tonnes of ammonium sulphate to strengthen n...

India's rural economy is faced with potential challenges. A weaker monsoon and rising farm costs from the Iran war could impact growth this...

India achieved record rice, wheat, and maize production in the 2024-25 kharif season, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers'...

However, the heatwave has posed challenges for the production of rice-bran oil, with manufacturers facing a shortage of labor. Rice-bran oi...

"A total quantity of 427.363 lakh tonnes wheat has been estimated for procurement during the forthcoming RMS 2021-22 which is 9.56 per cent...

The official said that the procurement has progressed well with all kinds of precautions and sanitisation in mandis. Food ministry said the...

Indian farmers had a difficult year in 2015 and their prospects are unlikely to improve in 2016, a report by economic policy thinktank NCAE...

Rabi rice production in current fiscal is expected to be higher by 3.5% at 12.35 million tons as against 11.93 million tons produced during...

While kharif rice planting improved in late Aug and early Sept, overall productivity is likely to be lower than last year due to delayed pl...

Bengal is targeting a production of 40 lakh tonne rice during the rabi season while Assam is expected to produce 55 lakh tonne.

Despite a great boost in investment in rabi crops to make up for an over-11% drop in kharif output due to drought, the govt has failed to i...

Government has failed to incentivise the farmer in boosting acreage under Rabi rice upward from 47.69 lakh hectares in Rabi 2008.

Widespread heavy to very heavy rain and thundershowers this September are expected to ensure an unusually good summer (or rabi) rice output...