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SOWING AREA DECREASE
Sowing area in Marathwada down by 7% amid rainfall deficitMarathwada's cultivation area has shrunk by nearly 3.5 lakh hectares this year. Rainfall is 20.3 percent below average, impacting the regio...- Kharif sowing near normal as rainfall deficit shrinksBy August 7, farmers have successfully planted Kharif crops at 87.7% of the expected seasonal average. While rainfall deficiencies have mit...
- Paddy acreage up 3% to 411.52 lakh hectare so far this kharif sowing season, pulses area down 5%According to data from the agricultural ministry, the area planted with paddy has increased by over 3% so far during the current kharif sow...
- Edible oil industry trade body SEA urges members to reduce MRPAdditionally, SEA has also requested distributors to monitor retailers in their distribution network to ensure that the Margin of Profit (M...
- Rabi crop sowing delayed due to unseasonal rainsWhile sowing of some rabi crops is getting delayed, acreage of chickpea may decrease this year as farmers from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and...
- Rabi cereals production to fall by nearly 10%: NBHCThis coupled with the drought in some parts have impacted Rabi sowing and could aggravate the distress in the farm sector.
- Turmeric prices firm up on short supplyHigher stock at warehouses has kept the futures prices of the spice at NCDEX low.
- Rabi sowing: Wheat, pulses acreage up despite notes banPulses acreage has grown to 121.74 lakh hectares from 110.80 lakh hectares. Oilseeds sowing area has risen to 72.23 lakh hectares from 65.7...
- India's soyabean acreage to decline by 3% to 5%, says SOPAThe survey is based on increase or decrease over last year’s actual government sowing data. About 95% soybean sowing has been completed all...
- Kharif sown area increases but sowing pace decreasesThe sown area under Kharif crop in the country keeps on increasing but the overall area under summer crop may not be much higher than it wa...
- Urea imports decline by 36 per cent to 32.26 lakh tonnes in April-October periodUrea imports decreased 12% to 7.08 MT in 2013-14, due to carry-over stocks from previous year. India had imported 8.04 MT of urea in 2012-1...
- Urea imports dip 54% to 20.31 LT in April-August periodAmid fall in sowing area and below normal monsoon reported this season, urea imports have decreased by 54% to 20.31 lakh tonnes in first fi...
- Wheat sowing up by 5 per cent this season so farTotal area under wheat crop has increased by 5 per cent to 302.09 lakh hectare across the states in the ongoing rabi season so far.
- Wheat sowing up by 8% this season so farTotal area under wheat crop has increased by 8% to 273.97 lakh hectare across the states in the ongoing rabi season so far compared to 253....
- Wheat sowing up by 25% so farThe total acreage of wheat in the ongoing 2013-14 rabi season rose by 25 per cent to 127.47 lakh hectares as compared to 101.64 lakh hectar...
- Cotton yields rich dividends for farmers in North; acreage to go upThe area under cotton in Punjab and Haryana, where sowing has now begun, is likely to increase this season with farmers getting a better pr...
- Maharashtra targets 92.5 lt foodgrain outputWith Assembly elections in the state due to be held in September, they have the challenge of almost doubling agricultural production and pr...
- India's wheat production plateauingThe government will find it difficult to significantly improve prospects for the foodgrain year from an all-time record of 78.40 million to...
- Groundnut production may go up by 10 per centGroundnut production as well as its acreage in the country may go up by 10 pc this season if it is supported by adequate rainfall.
- Wheat acreage declines 1 m hectaresSharpest fall of half million hectares in wheat is in rain-dependent Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, while in UP and Gujarat, acreage is down...
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