Wheat purchases by govt at 25.4 mn tonnes, 1.5% lower than last year
By Reuters India has bought 25.4 million metric tons of new-season wheat from domestic farmers to shore up its depleted
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Tamil Nadu: Tiruchy exceeds pulse cultivation target by 240 acres
By D Vincent Arockiaraj Even though the government set a target of 2,717 acres for pulse cultivation in the district
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Tamil Nadu: Incessant rainfall hits harvest-ready paddy in 600 acres, farmers seek aid
With heavy downpour lashing the district for the past few days, paddy farmers of Chellampatti region rued harvest loss stating
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Wheat stocks in govt warehouses at 16-year low after record state sale
By Reuters Wheat stocks in India’s government warehouses on May 1 were down 10.3% year on year to their lowest
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Govt may consider lifting curbs on rice exports
By Sandip Das Given the huge surplus of rice stocks and the forecast of an ‘above normal’ monsoon that will
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At 127.6 lakh tonnes, wheat arrivals in Punjab mandis surpass last yr’s procurement figures
By Gurpreet Singh Nibber With 127.61 lakh tonnes of wheat having arrived in Punjab’s mandis till Thursday (May), the figures
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Vietnam’s export rice prices return to world’s top position
Prices of the Vietnamese rice in the global market rose by US$3 to US$8 per ton last week, helping the
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Madhya Pradesh farmers struggle to make the most of soaring wheat prices
By Reuters Dwarka Prasad Meena, a farmer at Bhainswa village in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district, is grappling with water scarcity
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Agri societies flout MSP rule, purchase grain from private trade
By Sandip Das The skewed nature of grain procurement has been the principal reason why support prices for farmers produced
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Punjab: Commission agents protest slow lifting of procured wheat
The District Arhtiya Association today protested against the tardy process of lifting of procured wheat. They alleged that more than
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