Cotton prices have increased to more than Rs 7000 per quintal as against the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 5825/quintal for long staple...

Notwithstanding the expected decline in cotton crop output in CY2019 driven by Western and Southern belts, it will continue to be comfortab...

India is likely to import more than 15 lakh bales (each of 170 kg) of cotton as against the previous import high of 14.6 lakh bales in 2012...

The likely reduction in acreage was not only due to deficit monsoon but also farmers going by price perception for their crop, Joshi said.

Farmers sowed 10 lakh ha with cotton seeds over the weekend in Maharashtra, which has the largest acreage in India.

Although foodgrain production is expected to grow in 2012-13, the cotton and sugarcane output is projected to fall, economic think tank CMI...

India's Rs 8,000-crore seed sector is bracing for a hit because farmers shun cotton this summer after expanding the acreage for two consecu...

The country's foodgrain production is projected to grow by 0.6 per cent to 247.6 million tonnes in 2012-13 as against 246.2 million tonnes ...

Dry weather has taken a toll on cotton production in Maharashtra, the second largest cotton producer in the country.

In kharif season, paddy area will shrink in Punjab & Haryana; acreage under oilseeds, guar, soyabean, maize, jowar & bajra may decrease

The preliminary estimates of the state agriculture department show that Maharashtra’s cotton production this year may decline by 7.34% to 4...

Areas under paddy cultivation in the ongoing kharif season rose by five per cent to 344.8 lakh hectares so far, against 329.5 lakh hectares...

Cotton production may not witness a significant fall despite reduction in acreage by about 500,000 hectares in 2008-09.

Area under rice cultivation in the on-going kharif season rose by over 10 per cent to 282.1 lakh hectares so far, against 256.4 lakh hectar...

The government on Friday said overall rainfall in the country is pleasant so far this season and hoped that farmers would turn the situatio...

Domestic edible oil prices are likely to remain firm for the next three-four months, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has said.

The scrapping of import duty on cotton and withdrawal of export incentive is unlikely to cause a fall in prices, believes CRISIL.