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India's rice stocks climb to record high; wheat inventories at five-year peakIndia's government warehouses hold record rice stocks, up 15% from last year. Wheat inventories are at a five-year peak. These abundant res...
Wilmar International chief says India must target 60% self-sufficiency in edible oilsIndia needs to produce more edible oils domestically. Kuok Khoon Hong, chairman of Wilmar International, suggests aiming for 50-60% self-su...
India allows 25 lakh tonnes additional wheat exports, total reaches 50 lakh tonnesIndia has made a strategic move by approving the export of an additional 25 lakh tonnes of wheat, marking a total of 50 lakh tonnes now per...
India's wheat production resilient despite setbacks: Agri ministryIndia's wheat output for the 2025-26 crop year is stable. The agriculture ministry assures resilience despite unseasonal rains and hailstor...
El Nino impact: Which stocks will burn & which will fire up as market braces for heat waveIndia faces a strong El Niño, threatening below-normal rainfall and impacting agriculture. While rural-linked sectors like two-wheelers and...
Wheat rallies on weather woes and Iran-linked fertilizer crunchWheat prices are climbing significantly this week. Fertilizer shortages, exacerbated by the Iran war, are also a major concern. These facto...
Advisory to states on crop bonus policy to encourage greater crop diversification: FinMinIn a statement, the finance ministry said the January 9, 2026, letter from the Department of Expenditure Secretary, Ministry of Finance, to...
India's wheat planting gathers momentum, acreage up nearly 10%The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare will keep updating the provisional crop sowing figures as it gathers more information from s...
Wheat acreage jumps 5-fold to 7.56 lakh hectares so far this rabi seasonIn case of oilseeds, about 47.10 lakh hectares coverage has been reported as on November 4 of this rabi season, compared to 40.72 lakh hect...
Wheat acreage down 4 per cent in 2017-18; production may dropMaximum drop in wheat acreage by 1.1 million hectare was reported in Madhya Pradesh this year, the data showed.
Low acreage, output make traders place a bullish bet on wheatWhile this may impact farmers adversely, for traders wheat will offer a more attractive valuation than other commodities such as coriander,...
Wheat acreage increases to record 31.36 mn ha so farArea under wheat cultivation has risen by over 6 per cent to an all-time high of 31.36 million hectares so far in the ongoing rabi season.
- Minimum support price hike adds to wheat acreage
An increase in MSP for wheat has resulted in a higher acreage of the crop.Area has gone up by 4.58 lakh hectare from last year to 286.28 la...
- Wheat prices may drop on higher acreage
Wheat prices this year could be relatively lower on the back of a higher 7.2 lakh ha acreage this year by January 7 compared to the same pe...
- Wheat acreage goes up by 11.08l hectares
Winter rice acreage is worryingly low, an indication that rice prices across varieties will have to monitored in the open market keenly by ...
- Wheat prices set to head north as crop area shrinks
Wheat prices are set to rise in the coming year as unseasonal rains over the past two months and late harvesting of paddy have shrunk the a...
- Pulses, wheat acreage crop up; oilseeds see decline
The government data on acreage of rabi crops has shown a substantial increase for pulses and wheat crop. There is, however, a significant d...
- Area under wheat crop dips by 1.48 pc so far in Rabi season
Wheat acreage has dropped by 1.48 per cent to 268.54 lakh hectares so far this season from 272.54 lakh hectares (LH) in the year-ago period...
- Centre confident of raising wheat acreage by 1 m hectares
The government on Thursday expressed confidence that area under wheat will be raised by one million hectares this year despite less sowing ...
- Wheat acreage shrinks on low rainfall
Low rainfall in key wheat producing areas of the country has affected the acreage for the ongoing rabi season.