European pigs introduced centuries ago became invasive feral swine across North America. These adaptable animals now inhabit diverse enviro...

Near-record food inventories, improved farming technology and stronger exporters such as Brazil and Russia are expected to cushion the glob...

The rainfall deficit has reduced to twelve percent with above-normal monsoon activity in early July. An El Nino year may not necessarily re...

Several parts of India are witnessing unusually warm weather for this time of the year, including in the biggest wheat-growing areas. The p...

Much is riding on the rice crop in India, which ships about 40% of the world’s exports of the staple. “Global supply is at risk, but for no...

While there have not yet been global disruptions to wheat supplies, prices have surged 55% since a week before the invasion. Russia and Ukr...

“Production of the food grain is likely to touch 115 million tonnes compared with 107 million tonnes in the previous year, looking at the c...

Wheat planting fell by 4.02% to 298.67 lakh hectare, as on January 19. As on date, yellow rust has not been reported across the wheat sown ...

The continued dry weather conditions and maximum temperatures being above normal over parts of north-west and central India were a concern ...

Wheat production in India, the world’s second-largest producer, is expected to fall 4-5% short of the earlier estimate of 95.76 million ton...

This estimate is based on initial reports, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Tuesday while addressing a conference on kharif crops.

According to the joint study by Assocham-Skymet Weather, at least 25-30 per cent of ready-to-harvest crop has been damaged, impacting wheat...

“If farmers don’t go for quick drainage of water from their farms it can lead to drying of crops and reduce production drastically,” said a...

China's grain production has risen for the tenth consecutive year, with output soaring 2.1 per cent year-on-year to hit 601.94 million tonn...

In addition, enough food to feed many millions of people is wasted in developed and some developing countries.

Both yield-enhancement and yield-stabilisation are critical for feeding a global population of over seven billion, and still increasing.

Dry soils in the South, pest attacks and higher temperatures in the North may affect output of rabi crops such as mustard, sorghum, wheat, ...