Month: October 2018

Sangli is reeling under one of the worst droughts, it has faced thus far. Most of its lakes and ponds have dried up. There is no water in the Agrani River for the last four years. […]

Price of maize in key wholesale markets of Purnea and Davangere remained largely unchanged. In Purnea, the key market for maize in Bihar, the coarse grain was sold at around 1,400 rupees per 100 kg, largely […]

South Korea’s rice production was expected to have fallen this year due to bad weather and reduced rice paddies. Rice output was estimated at 3,875,000 tons in 2018, down 2.4 percent from a year earlier. It […]

Though the arrival of paddy has picked up pace at Asia’s biggest grain market in Khanna, the quantity is low as compared to the last year, making it apparent that reaching the last year’s target will […]

The arrival of bajra and paddy crops in mandis of the state, is being fully procured and so far, 95,773 metric tonnes of bajra and 32.42 lakh metric tonnes of paddy have been procured in the […]

Russian winter wheat yields fall 17% on year after drought. High temperatures and low water supply during most of Russia’s growing season has caused winter wheat yields this season to fall 17%.

South Korea’s largest feedmaker Nonghyup Feed Inc. (NOFI) has issued an international tender to purchase about 60,000 tonnes of animal feed wheat to be sourced from optional origins. Price offers were sought for two possible shipment […]

The latest USDA crop progress report shows relatively slow soybean harvest progress after plentiful rain and snow fell across the central U.S. this past week. Soybean harvest progress also inched forward last week, moving from 32% […]

The latest USDA crop progress report shows relatively slow corn harvest progress after plentiful rain and snow fell across the central U.S. this past week. The 2018 U.S. corn harvest reached 39% complete last week, up […]