Although the kharif season 2023–24 was hampered by flooding in July and August, Punjab is anticipating a record harvest of paddy grain, according to officials. The food bowl of the nation, as the state is called, anticipates paddy output to surpass 205 lakh metric tons, with an average yield that is more than four quintals…
As Punjabi farmers are expected to reduce the acreage during the kharif planting season, the area under cotton in North India is unlikely to increase from levels seen last year. Farmers in Rajasthan and Haryana, however, are likely to plant more land in the natural fiber crop as a result of early April’s unexpected rains….
The deadline for Telangana to mill rice to order and deliver it to the central pool for the kharif season of 2021–2022 has not been extended by the center. The deadline for processing rabi paddy from the season of 2021–22 has been extended, though. In order to keep up with the increased procurement, it has…
The pace of Telangana’s paddy purchases is modest. The State has so far purchased 60 lakh tonnes (lt) of paddy, falling short of its goal of 100 lt for the Kharif harvesting season, according to the most recent data. A total of 12,500 crore worth of paddy was purchased from roughly 10 lakh farmers. According…
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….
Steamed rice has undergone some processing in the form of steaming before being made available for sale, according to the Food Corporation of India (FCI), which has informed the Food Ministry. Exporters should be relieved after shipments of steamed rice were stopped because Customs officials believed it to be non-basmati white rice and demanded payment…
Early indications suggest that paddy procurement would increase during the current Kharif marketing season, and the Center anticipates that foodgrain procurement by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other agencies will surpass levels from the previous year. “Paddy procurement is expected to be completed by Kharif. Paddy will be added, totaling 900 lakh tonnes….
The return of monsoon rains in portions of the important agricultural regions of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal has caused a decrease in the paddy sowing imbalance over the past four weeks. The imbalance in paddy-sown regions has decreased to 4.9% compared to the same period last year, according to data issued by the…
The government announced on Wednesday that it would aim to produce 328 million tonnes (mt) of food grains during the crop year 2022–2023 (July–June), which is 4% more than the previous year’s record output of 315.7 mt. In the crop year 2022–2023, rabi crops like wheat, mustard, and chana (gram) would contribute 164.8 mt to…
Despite concerns over production, the government set the estimated amount of rice it will purchase for the central pool at 518 lakh tonnes (LT), an increase of 1.60 percent from the previous year. In a meeting presided over by Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey here, the estimates were finalized following discussions with state food secretaries…
