With last year's weak monsoon and the prospects of a below-normal one this year, the Maharashtra government plans to promote non-Bt cotton ...

Paddy farmers in West Bengal and Kerala have also been hit. Bengal farmers say the government is yet to announce compensation.

Farmers are stuck in a sharp downward spiral — yields have come down; incomes have fallen; and investments in seeds, fertiliser and farming...

Farmer suicides shot up by over 40% when the impact of these twin calamities kicked in compared to the same span last year, state governmen...

Untimely rains and hailstones have damaged severely horticulture crops like grapes and oranges and onions on a wide scale in Maharashtra.

Bombay High Court has upheld the validity of the Maharashtra Cotton Seed Act, 2009 that regulates the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the stat...

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development plans to provide refinance to banks lending for fodder.

An unexpected surge in rainfall since the last week of July has soaked parched fields in many parts of the country and filled up depleted r...

But farmers in Maharashtra are worried with the scarce reservoir water being kept aside for drinking purpose.

A pickup in sowing is expected this week in major parts of the country due to a revival in monsoon rains.

Recent research indicates that climate change has affected monsoon rainfall in India making it less frequent, but more intense.

Companies that sell vegetable seeds to farmers have come under the scanner in Maharashtra following a rise in complaints about dud seeds.

Maharashtra govt has ordered Bayer to pay 45 lakh to 164 farmers as one of its BT cotton hybrids did not deliver the promised yield.