The government is ramping up its Bharat brand of staples to control prices, with Nafed and NCCF tasked with procuring wheat directly from farmers, particularly in states like Bihar, Rajasthan, and eastern Uttar Pradesh where MSP benefits are often missed. This move aims to reduce reliance on FCI for wheat procurement. FCI’s role in ensuring…
The mandi prices of mustard, a crucial oil seed, are currently below the minimum support price (MSP) due to projections of a bumper harvest and increased edible oil imports, according to traders and farmers. The main hub of the nation’s trade, Bhagalpur, Rajasthan, saw mandi prices of mustard seed on Monday hovering around an average…
Profit taking caused by worries about China’s demand, a significant buyer, caused cotton candy prices to end the day down by -0.23% at 60,840. The estimates for cotton in the United States for 2023–2024 show higher initial stockpiles but decreased production, exports, and ending stocks. High beginning stocks for 2022–2023 were also a result of…
Concerns over the supply from important U.S. growing regions caused cotton candy prices to jump by 1.13% to settle at 61060. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 31% of the cotton crop was in good to excellent condition, with a little reduction occurring after the passage of Hurricane Idalia. According to the USDA’s…
Prices for cotton candy dropped by 0.43% to settle at 60,380, primarily because of worries about China’s demand as a major cotton market consumer. In the meantime, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 31% of the cotton crop was in good to excellent condition, with a little reduction following the passage of Hurricane…
At the current minimum support price during the rabi procurement season, the government agencies have so far purchased more than 2.48 lakh tonnes of gramme (chana) (MSP). Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh are in the middle of their Rabi purchase for gramme. In the major producing states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh,…
Traders and industry executives said it will be difficult to restock the depleted government granaries given the record-high wheat prices, which are currently nearly 50% higher than the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 2,125 per quintal for the current 2022–23 rabi selling season. After Baisakhi, the pace of harvesting the new wheat crop will…
While growers who stuck to urad, moong, bajra, and ragi were unable to realize the MSP, farmers who sold cotton, soyabean, paddy, and jowar crops in the agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) markets from October to December 2022, the crucial harvesting season, earned an additional 8,241.6 crore over the combined minimum support price (MSP) value….
Ahead of the commencement of the harvest season, the price of tur (pigeon pea/red gram) dropped by 10% to 15% during the past month, to about the minimum support price (MSP) level of $6,600 a quintal. This has led to growers calling for a quick start on the purchase of the pulses. Additionally, the price…
Prices for groundnuts have risen to as much as Rs 2000 per 20 kg in some mandis in Gujarat due to processors and oil millers anticipating a smaller Kharif harvest of 2.5 million tonnes in the current season as opposed to over 3.5 million tonnes in the previous season. Farmers in Jamnagar district’s Hapa mandi…
