Soybeans fall as China summit leaves US farmers seeking detailsSoybean futures dropped, reflecting market skepticism about the vague assurances. While China pledged "double-digit billion" annual purchas...
19 May, 2026, 11.06 AM IST
India resumes wheat exports after four years but high prices likely to limit demandIndia has resumed wheat exports for the first time in four years, with ITC loading 22,000 metric tons for the UAE. A record harvest and hig...
04 May, 2026, 12.59 PM IST
India raises wheat purchase price by 6.6% to boost outputIndia has increased its new-season wheat purchase price by 6.6% to 2,585 rupees per 100 kg for 2026. This move aims to encourage farmers to...
01 Oct, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
India imposes limits on wheat stocks traders can holdIndia has capped wheat stock limits to boost availability and control prices. Traders can hold up to 3,000 metric tons, while retailers are...
28 May, 2025, 04.12 PM IST
Govt to offload additional 50 lakh tons wheat, 25 lakh tons rice under OMSS to check pricesThe government on Wednesday announced that it will sell additional 50 lakh tonnes of wheat and 25 lakh tonnes of rice from the central pool...
09 Aug, 2023, 05.43 PM IST
First in 15 years: Government puts stock limit on wheatThe last time a stock limit was imposed on wheat was in 2008. The price of the cereal has risen 8.13% at the mandi level in the last one mo...
13 Jun, 2023, 01.08 AM IST
Wheat prices jump following collapse of major dam in southern UkraineThe destruction of the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station, which sits in a Russian-controlled area on the Dnieper River, raised c...
08 Jun, 2023, 10.41 AM IST
Commodity Talk: Wheat is facing the heat againeven the fallow land was brought under wheat cultivation. From the beginning of the season till January, we estimated wheat production to i...
26 Feb, 2023, 01.53 PM IST
Wheat processors pick 42% of wheat offered in FCI’s first tenderDomestic wheat prices, which had crashed by more than 6% last week after the FCI's announcement that it would be selling the grain in the o...
03 Feb, 2023, 09.13 AM IST
Pakistan flour crisis worsens; prices skyrocket amidst wheat shortage, stampedes reportedTens of thousands spend hours daily to get the subsidized bags of flour that are already short in supply in the market. Chaotic scenes are ...
11 Jan, 2023, 03.38 PM IST
Wheat prices stay firm as stockists hold on to grainThe wholesale price of wheat has for the past one month been firm at around Rs 28.50 a kilogram, 40% above the minimum support price, as st...
07 Jan, 2023, 12.17 AM IST
Egypt says government purchases exempted from India’s wheat exports banIt approved the import of Indian wheat, only for India to ban wheat exports on Saturday as a scorching heat wave curtailed output and domes...
16 May, 2022, 06.12 PM IST
Centre eases wheat procurement rules for HaryanaThe relaxation, with immediate effect, is aimed at reducing the hardship of farmers and avoiding distress sale of wheat, the food ministry ...
14 Apr, 2015, 07.15 PM IST
India has sufficient grain stock; will help in keeping inflation under check: FCIThe good news is that the country has more than sufficient wheat stock at 41.8 million tonne , which will keep inflation under check.
04 Jun, 2014, 12.14 PM IST
- Wheat prices may calm down
With the world likely to reap 45 million tonnes more wheat this year, you would expect prices to calm down a bit.
14 Feb, 2008, 02.01 AM IST
- High prices mar US, EU wheat demand
European wheat prices tracked Chicago futures lower on Monday on concern that global demand for wheat was beginning to slow due to high pri...
25 Dec, 2007, 05.37 AM IST
- Chicago bulls play the shots here
Chicago is grabbing the eyeballs. Everyone - from small millers in Tamil Nadu to large traders in Khanna - has started tracking world wheat...
04 Aug, 2006, 01.00 AM IST