The farmer in Madhya Pradesh harvested a soyabean crop from his 10 acres of land in this Kharif season that amounted to about 55 quintals. Nearly 20 quintals, at an average cost of Rs 5,400 each, have been sold by him thus far in the open market. Selling oilseeds earned him close to Rs 6,500…
The National Commodity and Derivative Exchanges (NCDEX) has invited farmer producer organizations (FPOs) to use the platform in order to hedge price risks as deliveries from futures contracts of robusta cherry AB coffee type will resume in February of next year. The major commodity exchange has introduced futures contracts for the period of February through…
The Robusta cherry AB Coffee futures contract will relaunch on Friday at the national commodity and derivatives market (NCDEX). Initial trading would be restricted to monthly contracts with April, March, and February expiration dates. The contract would be a mandatory delivery contract that must be fulfilled in the Karnataka city of Kushalnagar. The contract will…
Turmeric prices have dropped by ₹500 a quintal over the last couple of weeks on an “unexpected” slump in domestic and export demand, traders have said. “ RKV Ravishankar, President of the Erode Turmeric Merchants Association in Tamil Nadu, said, “We typically see demand before the Navratri, but it has been lacking this time.” Even…
The NCDEX turmeric futures market should not be traded in, according to a letter sent by the Marathwada Vidarbha Turmeric Trade Association to Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Choudhary. The group said that certain traders and businesses are profitable. It said that the farmers of Maharashtra are suffering significant losses because the prices…
The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), which established the Turmeric Product Advisory Committee (PAC), has stated that futures trading ensures transparent price discovery for all participants in the commodity value chain and that future prices serve as a benchmark for physical trade as well. The PAC report was released in response to some dealers…
The National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), the country’s biggest agriculture commodity exchange, is contracting a major comeback with plans to launch futures trading in Coffee and PVC (polyvinyl chloride). This is part of its plan to launch new contracts in commodities that are not price sensitive. The exchange is also planning to initiate Liquidity…
Turmeric prices are down by nearly ₹500 for a quintal for finger and bulb varieties over the last fortnight, while the fall has been high in the case of premium Rajapuri varieties grown in Maharashtra due to less domestic demand. “Prices have dropped over the last 10 days as demand has slowed. The trade is…
The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange has reported a 47% increase in average daily turnover at ₹1,857 crore in the financial year ended March 2022 against ₹1,261 crore reported in the last year. This was mostly driven by hike in agriculture commodity prices last year due to supply chain disruptions. The growth was despite suspension…
The recent policies of the government affecting the pulses sector are betraying New Delhi’s chaotic thinking and knee-jerk reaction. First, as part of the agricultural market reform package, the government placed lentils outside the ambit of the law to intimidate other essential commodities such as oilseeds. The move sought to justify the removal of stock…
