Bumper harvest, imports depress mustard prices
By Sandip Das Projection of a bumper harvest and higher imports of edible oils has impacted domestic mandi prices of
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Oilseeds
India’s palm oil imports plunge to 9-month low in February; sunflower oil rises
By Reuters India’s palm oil imports in February plunged to their lowest levels in nine months, as higher prices prompted
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Govt launches mission to boost oilseeds’ production, cut imports of cooking oils
Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda on Monday said the government has launched a mission to boost production of oilseeds and
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Mustard adds spice to Karnataka rice bowl in rabi season
By Vittal Shastri Mustard, grown mainly in north and eastern India, has entered Karnataka in a big way with paddy
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India sees 28% fall in vegetable oil imports to 1.2 mn tonnes in Jan: SEA
By PTI The country’s vegetable oil imports declined by 28 per cent to 1.2 million tonnes in January from a
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Mustard crop acreage rises 5% to 10 mn hectares in rabi season: SEA
By PTI Mustard crop acreage is estimated to have risen 5 per cent to over 100 lakh hectares in the
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Haryana: Hailstorm left oilseed, wheat crops battered
By Nitish Sharma The recent hailstorm has affected wheat crop in nearly 23,485 acre, and oilseed crop in nearly 3,750
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Govt seeks to boost oilseed output to cut expensive vegetable oil imports
By Reuters India would step up efforts to boost local oilseed production, the finance minister said on Wednesday, as part
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Jammu & Kashmir: Dir Agriculture inaugurates programme on ‘Promotion of oilseeds’ under HADP
The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today inaugurated two day capacity building programme (CBP) from January 24 to 25,
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India’s oilmeals exports surge 24% in April-December 2023-24.
A surge in the export of soyabean meal helped India to register a 24 per cent growth in the export
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