The 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...

India experienced its highest monsoon rainfall since 2020, with above-average precipitation for three consecutive months, aiding recovery f...

Indian farmers have ramped up the planting of summer-sown crops like paddy, soybean, cotton, and corn due to above-average monsoon rainfall...

Commodity-wise, paddy sowing is at 328.22 lakh hectares, as against 312.80 lakh hectares same period last year. Notably, India in July amen...

This year, the delayed arrival of monsoon rains and lower rainfall in some southern, eastern and central states impacted planting of summer...

The ministry's data showed that the sowing area under pulses and coarse cereals is higher year-on-year, while the acreage of rice and oilse...

The increased food prices will ultimately compel the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to go for another rate hike in order to bring inflation ba...

Sowing of kharif crops begins with the onset of southwest monsoon from June. Monsoon rainfall was lower eight per cent between June 1 and A...

Harvesting is in its peak in Haryana, Punjab, UP and is likely to be completed by the end of April 2020. Punjab has deployed 18000 combines...

Warehousing corporation should empanel private players and sign MoUs (memoranda of understanding) with them as Gujarat and Rajasthan state ...

The 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...

Area under kharif crops other than cash crops has increased by 5 per cent to 1,046.32 lakh hectare so far this season on account of good mo...

Area under kharif crops, including paddy, has increased by 17.70 per cent to 747.78 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing kharif season.

Summer-sown rice output in the new season that began in July is expected to be 85.59 million tonnes, Sharad Pawar said, down 6.5% from the ...

Exports of both these crops, ironically, have been controlled in the past several months despite firm global prices.

According to reports, sugarcane has been planted in 50.61 lakh hectare till date as compared to 48.63 lakh hectare last year while Cotton h...

Centre's upcoming two-day national level meet on summer sown crops is gearing up to coin an aggressive Look East strategy on kharif staple ...