India’s rice procurement reached 45.84 million tonnes as of February 28, a 5% increase from last year. The Kharif season rice production is estimated at a record 119.93 million tonnes. Key states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh reported higher procurement, while Punjab and Haryana saw a decline. The Food Corporation of India (FCI)…
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,…
Private weather forecaster Skymet has stated that the lack of rain is diminishing the atmospheric moisture levels and causing the heat stress to increase, which is harmful to winter-grown cereal. This is happening three weeks before grain filling begins in the wheat in much of northern India. However, early sowing of the wheat crop in…
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…
When cultivating pulses in the kharif season, N Venkatappa, a farmer in Vathugundla village in Telangana’s Narayanpet district, typically grows groundnut as the second crop. But he wanted to give cotton a try this time. “I have ensured irrigation and a borewell. My choice has generated a great deal of curiosity from my fellow farmers,”…
Mandi In comparison to last year, tomato, onion, and garlic prices have significantly decreased as supplies have increased as a result of above-average monsoon rains in major production states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. According to traders, given robust production and sufficient supply, prices of these important agricultural commodities are predicted to remain low…
The government’s wheat acquirement in the current year may be less than half the level last year, as market prices stand above the Minimum Support Price (MSP) allotted by the government. Procurement of the grain by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other government agencies at the MSP stood at 17.59 million tonne (mt)…
The Union Government has agreed to buy 40.20 lakh tonnes of rice from the rabi season, from Telangana. What the Centre is buying is the raw rice or fortified rice and not parboiled rice, which the State has been selling for over 40 years. Though it is less than about 46 lakh tonnes of parboiled…
