High moisture in mustard due to unseasonal rainfall and cheaper import of other cooking oils like palm, soyabean and sunflower have dragged...

Prices of potato had soared this year and many traders had not offloaded the tuber in anticipation of further rise. They started releasing ...

The sharp fall in prices has angered farmers across Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Some farmers have started sharing soyabean price trends...

Traders and companies said prices will correct further depending on monsoon arrival and planting.

If wholesale market price goes below that, import will be restricted by hiking the duty and export will be allowed.

Soyabean, groundnut and sunflower are grown in kharif (July-October) season. The sowing operation has started with onset of monsoon, which ...

Tur and urad futures were banned in January 2007 owing to price volatility and irregularities, while chana was suspended last year after pr...

It further said that normally rabi sowing is completed on 88 per cent area by December 30 but this year it has been completed on more than ...

India is expected to produce 115 lakh tonnes soyabean in 2016-17 as versus 69.9 lakh tonnes in the previous year.

Farmers, especially those harvesting guar, cotton, soybean and jeera, say they don’t have much of a choice as traders offer only old notes,...

Traders and processors expect prices to fall once the crop is harvested, as the current price of Rs 3,700 a quintal is unlikely to support ...

The delay in monsoon rains had brought down rural demand for precious metals by 10% in the last one month, according to All India Gem Feder...

Edible oil imports rise to 56 lakh tonnes during oil year Nov-2007-Oct-2008 as against 47 lakh tonnes last year.

The edible oil industry has come to a standstill after crude palm oil crashed to 50% of this year’s top price.

A week before festival season, cooking oil prices have plummeted to six-month lows as companies take a cue from global markets.

The US government’s attempt to rein in index funds and mega punters in agriculture futures is striking fear in the hearts of Indian specula...

Despite a jump in maize production estimates for year 2007-08, farmers have been able to realise good prices, mainly because of good export...