September rains may not save sugarcane, pulses cropsExperts have warned that heavy rains in the first few days of September will not be enough to mitigate the damage caused by scanty rains in...
Severe heatwave across India roasts crop yieldIndia produces 4 million tonnes (mt) of tur pulses, 2.5 mt of urad and 2.2 mt of moong beans. Tur takes 150 days to harvest while urad and ...
Pulses importers land in trouble after govt's move on moong beans"We are making representation to the Union ministry of commerce and industry to withdraw this notification, as Indian importers have contra...
Sebi bans F&O trading in wheat, other commoditiesLaunch of new contracts for the paddy (non-basmati), wheat, soya bean and its derivatives (its complex), crude palm oil and moong have been...
Kharif sowing till July 9 lagging by 10%India has completed sowing of the kharif season crop on 46% of the normal area of 1,073 lakh hectare allocated for summer cultivation. Farm...
India changes pulses imports from restricted to open category after 3 years"Import policy for tur/pigeon peas; moong and urad is revised from “restricted” to “free” with immediate effect and for the period up to Oc...
Commodity prices begin to rise on higher MSPTo ensure framers a 50% return on their cost of farming, govt raised the MSP of paddy (by 13%), jowar (42%), bajra (37%), ragi (52%) and ma...
Agri research body comes out with record 310 new high-yield crop varietiesThe list of 310 new crop varieties includes two bacterial leaf blight disease resistant rice, one blast disease resistant variety of rice a...
Rabi crop planting up 14 per cent in one weekThe government expects crop planting to continue, with the weather remaining favourable and support prices for various crops being attracti...
Rabi planting increases 27% in a weekPlanting is expected to continue, with the weather remaining favourable and the support prices for various crops being attractive.
Lower prices of pulses yet to reach consumer as retail rates still highRetail prices are high, Consumer Affairs Secretary Hem Pande said, while asking retailers to ensure parity between wholesale and retail pri...
Pulse prices dip by 4% -5% but tur defiantHuge imports in the next four months, arrival of new crop and the recent spell of rains in south India have helped ease prices of pulses by...
Price of pulses ease by 4%- 5% in the wholesale marketIndian importers have signed deals to import huge quantities of pulses from across the world, which are expected to arrive between October ...
- Maharashtra grain output may fall by 28%
Grain production in drought-hit Maharashtra is likely to decline by 28%, according to the first advance estimate for the state.
- Soaring prices unlikely to entice state farmers to take up pulse production
Farmers in Maharashtra are not willing to increase pulse production despite the prices of moong dal and mataki beans crossing the Rs 100-a-...
Govt measures may not rein in rising pulse pricesPrices could ease marginally upon arrival of fresh stocks from Burma and Canada later this year.
- MMTC to sell 8,225 tonnes of imported pulses
To meet the domestic demand, state-run MMTC today invited bids for the sale of 8,225 tonnes of imported pulses.