Chana, India's most consumed pulse, which is central to making everything from salty snacks to nutritious meals, needs adequate soil moistu...

India is experiencing agricultural risks attributed to monsoon conditions, which could impact food processors and poultry producers. Procur...

India’s food inflation: Food prices are rising unevenly, impacting household budgets, while inflation is projected to persist in upcoming m...

The Centre has also assured states of adequate availability of fertilisers, certified seeds and financial resources for the 2026-27 rabi se...

Of the overall target, 177.72 mt is expected to come from the rabi season, agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said at the National...

India has announced a reduced foodgrain production target of 373.93 million tonnes for the 2026-27 crop year. The decision comes amidst con...

Kharif cultivation this season has fallen from last year, but exceeded the five-year average despite lower rainfall. The number coming abov...

In the 2026-27 cycle, India's rice production is projected to fall by 6.5% compared to the previous year, largely due to monsoon rainfall b...

State agriculture minister Dattatray Bharane has confirmed a large contraction in the production of cotton and soybean, while the agricultu...

India's monsoon rainfall deficit has widened to nearly fourteen percent. Erratic rainfall has hurt kharif crop sowing across several region...

India achieved record rice, wheat, and maize production in the 2024-25 kharif season, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers'...

As per market sources, the Ministry of Food Processing Industry has written to the Commerce Ministry proposing a ban after starch manufactu...

The minister said kharif crops were affected in some states because of floods but it would not have much impact on the overall production.

India is traditionally a maize or corn exporter and has not imported the crop in the past two years.

This is mainly because the area under kharif maize saw a 7.1% year-on-year jump to 84.26 lakh hectare this year. Besides, a drought in Karn...

Maize prices in India have risen by around 12% in last one month as demand for Indian maize spurts in export market.

Karnataka is clearly heading for a bumper maize crop in the ongoing kharif season.