While sowing of some rabi crops is getting delayed, acreage of chickpea may decrease this year as farmers from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and...

While farmers in the eastern areas of Uttar Pradesh may opt for mustard, the western region of the state will likely choose wheat. Madhya P...

Govt’s decision to repeal farm laws has left a question mark on the National Mission on Oilseeds for which the oil industry has been clamou...

The sown area of mustard in Rajasthan—the largest producer of the oilseed—has shrunk to around 2.1 million hectares this winter from 2.5 mi...

Going forward, prices may get some support from government procurement at the minimum support price (MSP).

Earlier the bench had granted time to the Centre to apprise it as to by when it will take a "well-informed and well-intentioned" policy dec...

This will put pressure on seed and oil prices which have already softened due to a drop in palm oil prices.

Though short-term fundamentals remain supportive for the upside, higher sowing expectations may cap sharp gains.

Despite a lower acreage in the first phase of sowing, the oil extraction industry is expecting a 20% rise in rabi output this year.

Cold spells and winter rains have boosted the prospects of a good mustard harvest in Rajasthan. The output is likely to touch last year's m...

Delayed rainfall and the late arrival of winter are hampering the growth of oilseed crops such as mustard, groundnut and sunflower.

Untimely winter rains are eliciting mixed responses from Rajasthan farmers. While it’s proving to be a major bottleneck in wheat and barley...

Even as a good soya and groundnut harvest is putting pressure on the rabi oilseed, low water requirement and favourable weather conditions ...

The country is likely to witness bumper wheat production in 2008-09, breaching the last year's record of 78.40 million tonnes, says a top g...

Sowing mustard seeds in the ongoing rabi season appears to have been hit by a slow start.

Lack of rainfall is likely to bring down the mustard production considerably in Rajasthan and the state may not achieve its target of 27 la...

The shift in the sowing area of mustard to wheat and chana (gram) has led to a 8% decline in the oilseeds acreage to 74.79 lakh hectares in...