Paddy acreage falls 4.76 per cent in Kharif season this yearThe paddy acreage stood at 423.04 lakh hectares (LH) in last year's Kharif season. The agriculture ministry on Friday released the final ar...
30 Sep, 2022, 08.30 PM IST
Rice output may fall 13 per cent to 96.7 million tonnes in kharif this year: Origo CommoditiesEarlier this week, the agriculture ministry released the first advance estimates for kharif season of 2022-23 crop year (July-June). As per...
23 Sep, 2022, 07.24 PM IST
Government sets foodgrain output target at record 328 million tonnes for 2022-23 crop yearBarring soyabean, Singh said there was surplus seed availability to meet the requirement of the upcoming kharif season. Even fertiliser ava...
19 Apr, 2022, 07.18 PM IST
Govt procures 69.24 lakh tonnes wheat so far for nearly Rs 14,000 crore"Wheat procurement has recently commenced in Rabi Marketing Season 2022-23 in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh,...
19 Apr, 2022, 12.45 PM IST
Govt pegs wheat procurement at record 444 lakh tonnes in 2022-23 mkt yearThe rabi marketing season (RMS) runs from April to March. The 2021-22 Kharif Marketing Season started in October 2021 and will run till Sep...
25 Feb, 2022, 09.28 PM IST
Centre to ensure higher opening stock of urea & DAP for next kharif season: OfficialIndia is in talks with several countries and exploring long-term agreements for supply of the key soil nutrients.
09 Feb, 2022, 10.44 PM IST
Reliance General Insurance's refusal to pay crop claims can become a law & order issue, Maharashtra tells CentreRGICL, which covers 10 districts of Maharashtra under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), in its correspondence with the state co...
17 Nov, 2021, 10.04 AM IST
Government buys 56.62 lakh tonnes of paddy so far in kharif marketing season for Rs 11,000 croreThe kharif marketing season (KMS) 2021-22 runs from October to September. Food Corporation of India (FCI) is the government's nodal agency ...
18 Oct, 2021, 07.11 PM IST
Kharif foodgrain output estimated at a record 150.50 million tonne this year, says CentreSowing of kharif (summer) crops like paddy begins with the onset of the Southwest monsoon from June, while harvesting in most of the parts ...
21 Sep, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
Onion prices likely to remain at higher trajectory this festive season: CrisilMaharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are major Kharif onion-producing states, contributing over 75 per cent of total Kharif production...
09 Sep, 2021, 10.29 PM IST
Fertiliser sales likely to remain marginal lower in FY22: ICRAIn a release issued by ICRA it said that primary fertiliser sales volume during the first four months of FY2022 has registered an 11% decli...
18 Aug, 2021, 12.30 PM IST
Paddy planting marginally down at 349.24 lac hectare so far: Government dataSowing of kharif picks up with the onset of Southwest monsoon rains, which have been 6 per cent below average so far in the season that beg...
13 Aug, 2021, 09.38 PM IST
ICAR issues advisory to overcome impact of 2nd COVID wave on farm sectorStating that the 2021 kharif season is approaching in midst of second wave of Covid pandemic, the ICAR advisory said, "Therefore, disruptio...
20 May, 2021, 07.39 PM IST
Centre asks fertiliser manufacturers, importers to ensure adequate supply during kharif 2021The agriculture ministry assessed the requirement of various fertilisers in consultation with states/UTs for kharif 2021 season and has con...
10 Apr, 2021, 07.39 PM IST
2021 Kharif sowing slowly picks up; over 56 lakh hectare coverage so far"The trend of summer sowing progress is very good as on date. Besides, the prospect of rabi crops is also very good and about 48 per cent o...
26 Mar, 2021, 02.40 PM IST
Govt says 44% of rabi crops area harvested so farHarvesting of wheat and other rabi crops have been completed in 44 per cent of the total 697 lakh hectares sown area during 2020-21 rabi se...
19 Mar, 2021, 08.16 PM IST
Fertiliser sales up 12% year-on-year in April-December periodThe FY 2021 is to be a pivotal year for the fertiliser industry characterised by record sales volume growth, healthy profitability and allo...
27 Jan, 2021, 08.13 PM IST