Area under soybean cultivation shrinks on-year owing to rain impact, shift to other cropsSoybean cultivation in India has decreased by 2.63% this year due to crop shifts and heavy rains during sowing. While Maharashtra and parts...
19 Aug, 2025, 01.22 PM IST
Significant rise in acreage of oilseeds, pulses in Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh's Lucknow is experiencing a surge in oilseed and pulse cultivation during the Kharif season. Sesame, groundnut, and soybean a...
24 Jul, 2025, 01.52 PM IST
Trends of 2024 pinch farmers, Maharashtra soybean cultivation area to drop by 2 lakh hectaresMaharashtra anticipates a decrease in soybean cultivation by two lakh hectares. Farmers are discouraged by last year's low returns and gove...
25 May, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
Soyabean production in country reaches 126 lakh tonnes: Trade bodySoybean production in India has increased by about 6% to nearly 126 lakh tonnes due to favorable weather and improved farming methods. The ...
15 Oct, 2024, 12.38 PM IST
Kharif crop sown area soars to over 704 lakh hectares, pulses area increases, cotton declinesThe Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare reported a rise in total sown area to 704 lakh hectares this kharif season, with paddy leadin...
20 Jul, 2024, 09.30 AM IST
Bayer signs MoU with ADM to help soyabean farmers with crop management scheduleBayer aims to reach twenty-five thousand soybean farmers in ADM’s network in the first year. During the period, Bayer will provide a specia...
23 Jun, 2022, 04.54 PM IST
India set to plant more land with soybean crops as prices rallyIncreased production of India's main summer-sown oilseed could help the world's biggest vegetable oil importer trim costly purchases from B...
21 May, 2019, 01.41 PM IST
After two years of drought, floods drown farm hopes in MarathwadaJust when the farmers of Marathwada were optimistic after two consecutive years of drought, their hopes have been dashed again, this time b...
16 Oct, 2016, 10.14 AM IST
Crop planting gathers pace as monsoon advancesIncreased rainfall has helped farmers increase sowing of crops by 38% last week, with the biggest increase in pulses, jumping 55 per cent i...
18 Jul, 2016, 06.00 AM IST
Soyabean cultivation drops 9% to 100 lakh hectares"There is a possibility that area under soybean this year will remain between 100 to 110 lakh hectares," said Davish Jain, chairman, SOPA.
17 Jul, 2015, 03.30 PM IST
Processors looking for ways to fight out speculation in soybean pricesDavish Jain, chairman of the association said that these factors put together have resulted in heavy negative margins in soybean crushing.
02 May, 2015, 02.58 PM IST
Foodgrain output likely to dip 3.5 pc in FY13:The overall foodgrains production is expected to dip by 3.5 per cent to 250.1 million tonnes (MT) in 2012-13, economic think tank CMIE has...
17 Mar, 2013, 01.08 PM IST
- Soybean production to be higher at 1.26 crore tonne this Kharif season
MP will account for 66.86 lakh tonne of the total estimated production while Maharashtra can see 40 lakh tonne of production.
02 Oct, 2012, 06.03 PM IST
Hike in MSP may not result in higher output in kharif seasonGovernment's announcement of hike in the minimum support price (MSP) for the new kharif season (starting October 2012) may not significantl...
18 Jun, 2012, 02.54 PM IST
- Soya crop seen lower as erratic rains hit sowing
A prolonged dry-spell during June-July this year has served a body blow to the soyabean cultivation in Maharashtra.
16 Aug, 2008, 02.53 AM IST
- Oilseed prices firm up as fears of output fall loom large
Prices of vegetable oilseeds - soyabean, mustard seed and castor seed - are moving up, tracking firm global trends and on fears of low oils...
16 Jul, 2008, 12.08 AM IST
- Kharif oilseed production likely to rise 20% in FY-08
Kharif oilseed production is expected to go up by around 20 per cent to 16.1 million tonnes in the ongoing financial year as against the es...
06 Nov, 2007, 01.44 PM IST