Paddy purchases by Govt drops 13%, as farmers hold on to stocks
By Sandip Das Paddy procurement under the minimum support price (MSP) scheme declined 13% on year to 36.54 million tonne
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West Bengal government seeks FCI help over poor paddy collection
Mamata Banerjee’s government has written to the Union government’s Food Corporation of India (FCI), requesting to supply over 1.9 lakh
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Cyclone damages 78,032 hectares of paddy crop in Andhra’s Krishna district
Paddy farmers in the Krishna district are confronting unprecedented challenges this year as the Kharif cultivation season, intended to usher
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Despite floods, Punjab’s paddy basket weighs 210 lmt, biggest in five years
By Ruchika M Khanna Notwithstanding the two floods that played havoc in Punjab when the paddy had been transplanted in
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Rice millers not cooperating with farmers: Paddy moist in rains (Andhra Pradesh)
While the state government has given clear instructions to officials to shift paddy from the fields to the rice mills
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Standing crop in half a million hectares of Andhra’s rice bowl may have been affected by Michaung: Expert
By M. Raghuram Standing paddy crops in at least a million acres or 404,685 hectares across eight districts of Andhra Pradesh — its
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Telangana purchases 30 lakh tonnes of Kharif paddy
With the Kharif harvest coming to a close in the State, the paddy purchases have gained momentum in all the
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Govt’s paddy procurement crosses 30 MT in two months
By Sandip Das Two months into paddy procurement for the kharif season 2023-24, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and
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Dry soil to curb Asia’s early 2024 rice output, pressure supply
By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) Asian off-season rice production is poised to take a hit as dry planting conditions, shrinking
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At 20,993 MT, Himachal’s paddy procurement reaches record-high
The farmers in Himachal are reaping benefits as the paddy procurement in the state has surpassed last year’s purchase to
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