India’s agricultural sector experienced a 6.5% increase in food grain production during the year ending June 30, 2025. Rice production reached an all-time high, while wheat and maize production reached historic highs. The growth is attributed to farmer diligence, advanced agricultural research, and effective government policies. However, the mustard crop faced setbacks, but increased soybean…
The Indian government has raised minimum support prices (MSP) for seven rabi crops for the 2025-26 marketing season, with mustard and rapeseed being the most affected. The increase is expected to ensure remunerative prices for farmers and encourage crop diversification. Wheat’s MSP has been raised by Rs 150 per quintal. To reduce import dependence on…
The Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) of India predicts that the production of the rapeseedmustard crop will be around 115.25 lakh tonnes (lt) in 2022-23. In 2021–2022, SEA anticipated that the crop would be 110 lt. On announcing the all-India estimate for the rapeseed-mustard crop in 2022–2023, SEA stated that India is on track to produce…
