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India's rice stocks climb to record high; wheat inventories at five-year peakIndia's government warehouses hold record rice stocks, up 15% from last year. Wheat inventories are at a five-year peak. These abundant res...
Wilmar International chief says India must target 60% self-sufficiency in edible oilsIndia needs to produce more edible oils domestically. Kuok Khoon Hong, chairman of Wilmar International, suggests aiming for 50-60% self-su...
India allows 25 lakh tonnes additional wheat exports, total reaches 50 lakh tonnesIndia has made a strategic move by approving the export of an additional 25 lakh tonnes of wheat, marking a total of 50 lakh tonnes now per...
India's wheat production resilient despite setbacks: Agri ministryIndia's wheat output for the 2025-26 crop year is stable. The agriculture ministry assures resilience despite unseasonal rains and hailstor...
India set for record wheat planting as soil moisture and prices riseIndian farmers are planting a record amount of wheat. This expansion is driven by better returns and improved soil moisture from recent rai...
Wheat sowing up 3 pc so far this rabi season at 286.5 lakh hectare; oilseeds area up 8 pcIncrease in wheat sowing area may lead to higher production provided the weather remains conducive for growth of this crop. The domestic pr...
Wheat acreage jumps 5-fold to 7.56 lakh hectares so far this rabi seasonIn case of oilseeds, about 47.10 lakh hectares coverage has been reported as on November 4 of this rabi season, compared to 40.72 lakh hect...
India’s wheat production may touch all-time highNo yellow rust has been reported across the wheat-sown area.
Wheat output may touch all time high of 100 million tonnes this year: Agriculture Secretary S K PattanayakIn the 2016-17 crop year, wheat production had reached a record 98.36 million tonnes. The previous high was 95.85 million tonnes in 2013-14.
- Minimum support price hike adds to wheat acreage
An increase in MSP for wheat has resulted in a higher acreage of the crop.Area has gone up by 4.58 lakh hectare from last year to 286.28 la...
- Wheat output may remain stable this Rabi season
Wheat output may remain stable due to remunerative prices and water availability. But delay in announcing wheat MSP might deter farmers.
- Better days seen as area under wheat, pulses goes up
The inflation in cereals and vegetables has been subdued even as overall food inflation is in excess of 15%.
- Pulses, wheat acreage crop up; oilseeds see decline
The government data on acreage of rabi crops has shown a substantial increase for pulses and wheat crop. There is, however, a significant d...
- Area under wheat crop dips by 1.48 pc so far in Rabi season
Wheat acreage has dropped by 1.48 per cent to 268.54 lakh hectares so far this season from 272.54 lakh hectares (LH) in the year-ago period...
- Centre confident of raising wheat acreage by 1 m hectares
The government on Thursday expressed confidence that area under wheat will be raised by one million hectares this year despite less sowing ...
- Wheat acreage shrinks on low rainfall
Low rainfall in key wheat producing areas of the country has affected the acreage for the ongoing rabi season.
- Wheat acreage declines 1 m hectares
Sharpest fall of half million hectares in wheat is in rain-dependent Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, while in UP and Gujarat, acreage is down...
- Rising chana prices cause concern
The lure of higher support price forces farmers to switch to wheat.
- Wheat acreage up by 57 pc this year
Higher MSP announced by the govt has encouraged wheat growers up acreage of Rabi crop by 57.26% to 1.84 lakh hectares.
- Wheat bull run may affect global oilseed acreage
Wheat is having a major bull run in the market and for over 10 years it may continue to command high prices, said a top industry official, ...