Soyabean, groundnut, and sunflower prices have fallen 8-25% below the Minimum Support Price (MSP) in agri-terminal markets during the early days of the harvesting season. Farmers face significant losses due to delayed MSP-based procurement, with soybean prices averaging ₹4,268 per quintal, 12.8% lower than the MSP. Large crop expectations and export uncertainties, particularly in Iran,…
The actual acreage and production have decreased for all major crops, despite the government’s promotion of millets. When farmers receive guaranteed irrigation, experts claim that the only thing that will prevent them from switching to other crops is better returns. Ragi, bajra, and jowar’s total production have decreased by 7% to 15.6 million tonnes over…
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….
