India is expected to experience above-average temperatures during the winter season, raising concerns about the yields of crops like wheat and rapeseed. The India Meteorological Department predicts above-normal minimum and maximum temperatures from December to February, with fewer “cold wave days. ” Winter-sown crops like wheat, rapeseed, and chickpea require cold weather for optimal growth…
India saw a 9% rise in oil meal exports in February 2024, driven by a 34% increase in soya bean meal exports. Total oil meal exports reached 5.15 lakh tonnes, up from 4.71 lakh tonnes in February 2023. The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India reported a year-on-year increase in overall oil meal exports to 44.90…
Food grain production in the nation is expected to be roughly 154.19 million tonnes during the kharif season and 155.12 million tonnes during the rabi season in 2023–2024, according to government estimates released on Thursday. The output of Kharif rice is projected to be 111.46 million tonnes, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’…
Industry officials predicted that favorable weather in major producing states and an increase in planted area would cause India’s output of mustard and rapeseed to soar to new heights in 2024. Increased production of rapeseed will assist the largest importer of vegetable oils in the world in reducing the amount of costly imports of soy,…
Ahead of the start of the harvest for plants that have already experienced some heat stress, industry, and meteorological department officials warned that untimely rains and hailstorms could harm India’s important winter-sown crops including wheat, rapeseed, and chickpeas. The central, northern, and western areas of India, which are important growth regions, have been cautioned by…
India’s export of oil meals increased by 60% over the first nine months of the 2022–23 fiscal year, thanks to an increase in the export of rapeseed meal and soyabean meal. The country exported 28.25 lakh tonnes (lt) of oil meals between April and December of 2022–23, up from 17.67 lt during the same period…
When compared to the same period in the previous financial year, the total export of oil meals grew by 50% to 23.92 lakh tonnes (lt) between April and November 202223 from 15.96 lt. The export of oil meals increased by 150 percent from 1.63 lt in November 2021 to 4.07 lt in November 2022, according…
India recorded a surge of almost 38% in total oil meal exports from April through October of FY23 thanks to a more than 100% increase in the export of rapeseed meals. The country exported 19.84 lakh tonnes (lt) of oil meals between April and October of 2022–23, compared to 14.33 lt during the same period…
In the current marketing year through August, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) predicted a higher global production of oilseeds, but the prognosis of a 10.5 percent decline in sunflower seed in light of the Ukraine War may be cause for concern. According to the USDA, global production will total 645.61 million tonnes (mt), up…
