A grain that once fed chickens now fuels cars and, soon, planes. The harder question is whether Indian farms can keep up with the demand it...

Amid predictions of drought in India this financial year, food and agricultural imports are anticipated to rise sharply. With serious reduc...

India’s premium egg market is growing as health-conscious consumers pay more for free-range, cage-free and nutrient-enriched varieties. But...

Drought conditions have caused a significant decrease in maize supply, leading to competition among industries for access. Poultry producer...

Poultry farmers are currently experiencing losses of approximately 15% due to rising livestock feed costs. Key ingredients have seen price ...

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

Rising diversion of maize to ethanol production has significantly increased poultry feed costs, leading to a 35-40% surge in egg prices ove...

Sugar prices have significantly increased due to production shortfalls and rising demand. Government data shows a substantial decline in ex...

India's ambitious biofuel program, aimed at reducing oil imports, is inadvertently impacting small poultry farmers. The rising demand for m...

The government wants to use maize to cut its fuel import bill. While this has strategic advantages, it puts a question over egg production ...

Broken rice and maize are the main components of poultry feed. The industry fears that the prices of maize and broken rice would spike in t...

In the past few months costly maize, the main ingredient of poultry feed, increased the cost of production, with the result that farm-gate ...

Spot maize prices for Sangli delivery increased to Rs 1,647 per quintal on the NCDEX.

The increase in feed prices was mainly on account of the goods and services tax levied on soya oil meal, a major feed ingredient, which was...

The poultry representatives said that production of maize fell by more than a third on account of back-to-back droughts.

On NCDEX, the maize January contract closed at Rs 1,222 a quintal, up by 0.25% & March contract closed at Rs 1,280 a quintal, up by 0.47%.

Consumers may get some respite from soaring prices of eggs and chicken as the poultry industry expects rates to soften in the coming days w...