Month: October 2018

According to All India Rice Exporters Association, Indian production of basmati rice is likely to fell by 1.4% to 5.56 Million tonne in 2018-19 as compared from 5.64 mln tn in last year. The lower production […]

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) here has now reintroduced PBW-343 in a new avatar, by incorporating two pairs of leaf and yellow rust-resistance genes — Lr37/Yr17 and Lr76/Yr70 — that make it possible for farmers to cultivate […]

Tunisia’s state grains agency purchased around 100,000 tons of soft milling wheat, 50,000 tons of durum wheat and 100,000 tons of feed barley in an international tender. The soft wheat was bought at the lowest price […]

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said it received no offers for feed-quality wheat or barley in a simultaneous buy and sell (SBS) auction. The ministry had sought 120,000 tonnes of feed wheat and 200,000 […]

Prices of tur rose in Latur, a key market in Maharashtra, due to firm demand from stockists. In Latur, tur was sold at 3,750 rupees per 100 kg, up 50 rupees. Prices also rose on expectation […]

The Maharashtra government has extended the deadline for registering to procure moong, urad and soybean under the minimum support price to Nov 15. Earlier, the deadline for procurement of moong and urad was Oct 24, while […]

Punjab procures 52 lakh MT paddy till Oct 23. The state procured 52,09,257 metric tonnes (MT) of paddy till Tuesday evening. Of the total, the government agencies procured 51,55,934 MT of paddy, while 53,323 MT has […]

With the weather becoming conducive, the pace of paddy harvest has increased. District mandi officials have said that 1,90,018 tonnes of paddy has been procured by different government agencies. Private buyers have purchased 2,28,923 tonnes of […]

In May, officials from China had inspected facilities in India for export of non-basmati rice to the country, and registered 19 mills and processing units for import of the rice. In June, a protocol on phyto-sanitary […]

Maize prices steady in Davangere, demand sluggish. Prices of maize in Davangere, a key market for the coarse grain in Karnataka, remained steady despite higher arrivals as demand was sluggish. Spot price of the coarse grain […]

Corn fell for a second consecutive session as freshly harvested U.S. crops hit the market. Corn lost 0.3 percent to $3.67 a bushel, after ending the previous session 0.5 percent weaker. A stronger dollar makes the […]

Ukrainian corn was assessed at $162.75/mt by S&P Global Platts, 50 cents lower on the day, taking it to a twelve month low as buyers remain on the sidelines and global stocks mount. Prices have now […]

Corn drops after two sessions of gains. Corn was down 0.4 percent at $3.68-3/4 a bushel, having gained 0.2 percent in the previous session. Wheat fell 0.2 percent to $5.08-1/4 a bushel. U.S. farmers will try […]

Arrivals of the fresh crop of rice are gradually picking pace in the key growing state of Punjab. The price of the new crop of Pusa basmati 1121, arrivals of which started just four days ago, […]

The Philippine government will attempt to secure suppliers for the 703,000 metric tons (MT) of imported rice in a couple of bidding processes all set for next week. Instead of three separate bidding processes in two […]

The district administration has decided to open about 187 paddy procurement centres in various parts of the district to procure the produce by providing the minimum support price fixed by the government. All the government agencies […]