Cotton price: Gujarat government's Rs 1,100-crore relief package fails to pacify agitatorsThe agitation led by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliate Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) has been seeking higher support price for cotton.
19 Dec, 2014, 01.12 PM IST
Gujarat government fulfilled all farmers' demands: Anandiben PatelPatel said here today that the govt has fulfilled all farmers' demands, notwithstanding a farmer's self-immolation seeking better MSP for c...
18 Dec, 2014, 11.16 PM IST
Protests on farmer suicides intensify in Gujarat; government refuses to set up inquiry panelFarmer Nagani had yesterday consumed some poisonous substance and thereafter immolated himself pouring kerosene in Vinchhiya marketing yard...
18 Dec, 2014, 08.07 PM IST
- Increased buying set to lift cotton prices
Cotton prices are likely to rise this week on increased buying by Indian textile and yarn mills.
18 Jul, 2012, 12.09 PM IST
- Gujarat BJP's 'Kisan Yatra' from tomorrow
Gujarat BJP has decided to take out a "Kisan Yatra" from tomorrow to create awareness among farmers about new agriculture research.
05 Apr, 2012, 08.04 PM IST
- Ginners continue their strike over cotton export ban
Terming as "election-manifesto" Union Government's notification of lifting a ban on cotton export, the ginning mill owners in Saurashtra co...
13 Mar, 2012, 07.18 PM IST
- Cotton export ban: Guj ginning mills to observe bandh
As many as one thousand ginning mills in Gujarat will observe a two-day bandh from tomorrow in protest against the Union government's decis...
06 Mar, 2012, 03.01 PM IST
- Cotton, castor seeds returns raise rural aspirations
A surge in agriculture commodity prices in the last eight months is changing rural lifestyles. Cotton has risen 125% in the last one year.
21 Feb, 2011, 12.26 AM IST
- Cotton farmers in a Gujarat village set up own marketing yard
Cotton farmers in Gujarat have stopped going to the district centres to sell their produce. Instead, they are receiving buyers right outsid...
07 Jan, 2011, 12.26 AM IST
- Cotton exports to miss target; quality crop earns a premium
Unseasonal rains in Gujarat and Maharashtra are changing all calculations in cotton trade.
26 Nov, 2010, 01.08 AM IST
- Kutch farmers prosper with cotton
Diversification in crop pattern from traditional crops to cotton has helped Kutch become prosperous.
07 Sep, 2007, 12.23 AM IST
- Cos queue up for kesar mangoes
The world is tasting what might be the new flavour of Gujarat’s business.
15 May, 2007, 02.36 AM IST
- Scanty rainfall lowers red chilli output by 50%
Inadequate rainfall, coupled with the fact that a large number of farmers have turned towards cotton farming, has resulted in about 50% low...
15 Mar, 2007, 12.25 AM IST
- Demand from China, low yield to push up castor price
High demand for castor seed from China and less area under castor cultivation is likely to push the castor price in the coming weeks.
07 Feb, 2007, 04.18 AM IST
- Dhaka turmoil to hit cumin traders hard
The state of emergency in Bangladesh has considerably dropped the demand for cumin seeds in Unjha market, one of the biggest market yards i...
15 Jan, 2007, 02.31 AM IST
- G'nut oil price set to fall in time for Diwali
As large volumes of seasonal groundnut begin to enter the market, early estimates suggest prices will fall. Local producers of branded grou...
14 Oct, 2006, 02.23 AM IST
- Fresh cotton crop arrivals beat market expectations
As the monsoon comes to an end, fresh cotton has started arriving in the marketing yards of Rajkot and Gondal, Saurashtra’s major Agricultu...
13 Oct, 2006, 12.02 AM IST