Soyabean, pulses and sugarcane area could surpass cotton in acreage as prices were firm and pest infestation in those crops was less.

Cotton, largely BT cotton, was grown over 122 lakh hectares in India in 2017-18. In recent years, pest infestation, high input costs and dr...

The acreage under cotton has gone up by 18.26 per cent from last year to 11.71million hectares, according to data from the agriculture mini...

Cardamom rose 6.4% to 1,100 per kg on MCX due to lower supplies at the auction centres.

Fear of another attack of whitefly pest, which ravaged huge tracts of cotton last year in Punjab, has led to biggest drop in area under cot...

National output is estimated to dip 12% compared to the last kharif season, as per the estimates of the Cotton Association of India.

Of the total production capacity of seed manufacturers, nearly 50% is dedicated to alternate crop seeds while the rest is for BT cotton pro...

This came at a time when they were struggling to deal with a sharp reduction in hybrid seed prices announced by some state governments such...

However, the government decision on offloading stocks from state reserves will be key in driving domestic prices.

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

As the country gears up for the festival season, there is good news from the agriculture sector, the backbone of the Indian economy.

Delayed rainfall and a drop in cotton prices have ensured that cotton has not eaten into the soyabean acreage as expected before the beginn...

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

Country’s cotton economy is keenly awaiting a fresh spell of rains.

Country's average annual kharif foodgrain output may not see a sharp drop.

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

Total cotton acreage in the country is estimated to be 90 lakh hectares during the current season, in Gujarat, its 20 lakh hectares. The co...