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Gangetic West Bengal. parts of northeast India have moved out of tropical climate zone over seven decades, IMD study findsGangetic West Bengal has transitioned to a temperate climate zone, influencing the rainfall and agricultural patterns. The recent study ind...
Mahindra begins commercial rollout of MaxSeeder to tackle stubble burningMahindra & Mahindra has initiated commercial production of its new multi-crop seeding machine called Maxseeder. This machine is designed to...
Double trouble at the dinner table: When will food prices normalise for Indians?India’s food inflation: Food prices are rising unevenly, impacting household budgets, while inflation is projected to persist in upcoming m...
Weakest monsoon since 2015 prompts ICRA to cut FY27 farm growth forecastIn 2026, the Southwest monsoon recorded rainfall at 87 percent of the long-period average, the lowest since 2015. ICRA has lowered its agri...
Foodgrain output target cut over El Nino impactOf the overall target, 177.72 mt is expected to come from the rabi season, agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said at the National...
El Nino fears: Govt cuts foodgrain target by 2.63 MTIndia has announced a reduced foodgrain production target of 373.93 million tonnes for the 2026-27 crop year. The decision comes amidst con...
Kharif data gives India a pleasant advance glimpse of the year's pickings; full picture a little while awayKharif cultivation this season has fallen from last year, but exceeded the five-year average despite lower rainfall. The number coming abov...
Smart rice policy would be niceIn 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...
Delhi winter pollution could be worse this year: 47 farm fires already recorded, Super El Nino, late Diwali and delayed harvesting likely to complicate thingsDelhi’s winter air pollution could face added pressure this year as stubble-burning season begins, with 47 farm fires already recorded acro...
Kharif paddy sowing rises 12 pc to 365 lakh hectares; acreage of cotton, oilseeds downPaddy sowing during this kharif season has seen a significant increase of 12 per cent, reaching 364.80 lakh hectares compared to last year'...
Kharif paddy sowing up 58 per cent to 13.22 lakh hectare till June 20: GovernmentPaddy sowing during this Kharif season has surged by 58 per cent, reaching 13.22 lakh hectares, according to government data released on Ju...
Paddy sowing up 13% to 4.53 lakh hectare till June 13 this year: GovtPaddy sowing during this Kharif season has seen a 13% increase, reaching 4.53 lakh hectares compared to 4 lakh hectares last year. Pulses a...
India's kharif crop planting area rises; paddy leading year-on-yearCommodity-wise, paddy sowing is at 328.22 lakh hectares, as against 312.80 lakh hectares same period last year. Notably, India in July amen...
ICAR Sees Normal Paddy Sowing This SeasonIndia's National Rice Research Institute has allayed fears of further increases in rice prices following normal sowing of the crop for the ...
Deficit in paddy sowing narrows to 4.52 pc; Jharkhand worst hitThe deficit in paddy sowing has reduced to 4.52 per cent at 399.03 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing kharif season on revival of rains in...
Paddy sowing down by 5.62pc so far this kharif seasonThere was a huge lag in paddy sowing in the states of Jharkhand (9.80 lakh ha), Madhya Pradesh (6.32 lakh ha), West Bengal (4.45 lakh ha), ...
Shortfall in paddy sowing likely to be covered in kharif season: Narendra Singh TomarAs per the agriculture ministry's latest data, area sown to paddy was down by 35.46 lakh hectare at 231.59 lakh hectare till June 29 of the...
Govt stops releasing sowing data of paddy, two other cropsPaddy is the main kharif (summer) crop and more than 80 per cent of the country's total rice production happens during this season. Sowing ...
Punjab govt advances paddy sowing, transplantation datesThe agriculture department had earlier fixed May 10 as the date to begin sowing of paddy nursery and June 20 for paddy transplantation, dur...
Paddy sowing: Farmers face labour shortage in PunjabAs paddy sowing is in full swing in Punjab, farmers of numerous villages here have been hit hard by shortage of labourers.