Higher area has been reported from Uttar Pradesh (20.09 lakh hectares), Madhya Pradesh (13.48 lakh hectares), Rajasthan (5.32 lakh hectares...

While sowing of some rabi crops is getting delayed, acreage of chickpea may decrease this year as farmers from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and...

As per the ministry data, wheat has been sown in 35.8 lakh hectare in Madhya Pradesh, 34.98 lakh hectare in Uttar Pradesh, 29.45 lakh hecta...

Wheat sowing has increased by 4 per cent so far this rabi season to 325.35 lakh hectare, while pulses acreage grew 5 per cent to 154.80 lak...

The area sown to wheat, the main winter crop, has increased marginally to 151.58 lakh hectare till November 27 of the rabi season in 2020-2...

Harvesting is in its peak in Haryana, Punjab, UP and is likely to be completed by the end of April 2020. Punjab has deployed 18000 combines...

Despite the low temperature, the frequency of foggy weather has come down considerably compared with recent years.

In the 2016-17 crop year, wheat production had reached a record 98.36 million tonnes. The previous high was 95.85 million tonnes in 2013-14.

"Regions that have not received sufficient monsoon rain this year will face a “challenge” in the upcoming rabi or winter sowing season."

Area sown under wheat has declined to 294.98 lakh hectares so far in the current rabi season, from 295.93 lakh hectares in the year-ago per...

With no major decline expected in rabi onion acreage despite water shortage in some of the key growing areas, the country can expect anothe...

Despite a lower acreage in the first phase of sowing, the oil extraction industry is expecting a 20% rise in rabi output this year.

Wheat output may remain stable due to remunerative prices and water availability. But delay in announcing wheat MSP might deter farmers.

Untimely winter rains are eliciting mixed responses from Rajasthan farmers. While it’s proving to be a major bottleneck in wheat and barley...

Low rainfall in key wheat producing areas of the country has affected the acreage for the ongoing rabi season.

Lack of rainfall is likely to bring down the mustard production considerably in Rajasthan and the state may not achieve its target of 27 la...

The shift in the sowing area of mustard to wheat and chana (gram) has led to a 8% decline in the oilseeds acreage to 74.79 lakh hectares in...