There is a direct correlation between why north India becomes a gas chamber every winter and the scheme of paddy and wheat procurement unde...

Food bought from overseas soaks up dollars, which no developing economy wants to part with right now. But that isn’t all. In the current ge...

As per the latest estimate of Origo Commodities, India's total Kharif crop production for the crop year 2022-23 is estimated at 640.42 mill...

In crop year 2018-19, farm profits jumped 26% on-year over a low base of the preceding year (2017-18), which had seen per-hectare profits d...

An unofficial estimate by the Biodynamic Association of India (BDAI) says about one lakh farmers in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and...

Any comparison which is based on quarter to quarter sales, in our type of business is misleading, said Kagliwal.

Monsanto has been hit with price control in India. How did the MNC, known worldwide for its lobbying prowess, end up with grief in India? E...

While the Modi government talks up overall economic sentiment, the picture for the rural economy is far more uncertain.

Several farmers are planting shorter-duration varieties of wheat, or other crops that can be harvested by November, when the next cropping ...

Punjab, major producer of wheat, is targeting more than 150 lakh tonnes (LT) of wheat production for the current season as against 165.91 L...

ET compares 12 states ruled by these two parties for the last five years on 10 socio-economic parameters.

The overall area under rape-mustard has increased by 1.85 lakh hectares to 67.17 lakh hectares.

Seed is the only part of the agricultural chain that is growing at 20% a year and is insulated from both government subsidies and weather v...

The likelihood of weak monsoon rains, crucial for kharif output in India, is causing great worry to farmers, media and policymakers.

The estimated cotton production for the year ending September '09 has been revised down 9.9% at 290 lakh bales as against 322 lakh bales es...

The All-India Crop Biotechnology Association, a representative of 15 seed companies based in New Delhi, believes that Bollgard II cotton se...

The Maharashtra government’s plan to rope in corporates and textile industry for contract farming in cotton, it seems, is going nowhere.