Ram Gopal Yadav

Farmers in the country have commenced sowing of wheat in the country, key rabi food grain, with total area rising 58.7% on year to 914,000 ha. The acreage was also higher than the normal area of […]

Brazil’s Trade Ministry reported October corn exports at 3.201 MMT, up from 3.424 MMT in September but down vs. 5.028 MMT in the year-ago month

Informa Economics cut its US corn yield forecast by 2.4 bu to 179.7 bushels per acre (bpa), which results in a US corn crop estimate of 14.698 billion bu for 2018 FCStone lowered its forecast this […]

FAO raised its forecast of global wheat production in 2018 to 727.9 MMT from 722.4 MMT projected in Oct (760.4 MMT in 2017), on reported bigger harvests in China along with a number of other countries […]

FranceAgriMer estimated winter wheat planting 69% done as of October 28, behind of last year’s pace of 75%

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest feed barley buyer, bought 1.02 million tonnes of the grain in an international tender, of which Glencore sold all but one cargo. The barley was purchased at an average price of […]

Due to fears that output in Maharashtra and Karnataka, the top two producing states, may fall 30-50% due to drought. Maharashtra and Karnataka together account for around 40% of the country’s 4-mln-tn tur production. Recently,NAFED also […]

Farmers from the border districts of Punjab are rushing to Haryana to sell their produce on spot cash payment , hassle-free procurement and procurement at higher moisture( with the reduction in prices). Cheeka grain market in […]

Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Coastal Andhra Pradesh received rainfall at isolated places as the North-East monsoon beckoned.The highest amounts were reported from Tamil Nadu. The India Met Department (IMD) says that conditions are becoming favourable for […]

India has made a deal with China to open up its 2 billion USD rice import based on an agreement signed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China. At Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit a protocol […]

The number of farm commodities that is actively traded on exchanges is rapidly shrinking. On National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange, which lists primarily farm commodities, there has been no activity in sugar derivatives for over a […]

Chicago wheat futures rose for a second straight session with prices underpinned by lower output in key exporting countries, which is expected to boost demand for U.S. supplies. The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board […]

Farmers in Punjab have yet to harvest nearly 45 per cent paddy crop even as the wheat sowing season gets underway, November 1. The best period for wheat sowing in Punjab is from November 1 to […]

U.S. corn futures rose for the first time in four sessions as traders feared possible yield cuts in a widely watched report next week. The most active corn futures on the Chicago Board Of Trade were […]

Prices of maize in Davangere, a key market for the coarse grain in Karnataka, remained steady mid low availability of good-quality crop and subdued demand. Spot price of the coarse grain were largely unchanged at 1,100-1,450 […]

Prices of tur rose in Akola, the benchmark market, due to strong demand from stockists and dal millers ahead of the festival season. In Akola, tur was sold at 4,150 rupees per 100 kg, up 50 […]

Futures contracts of chana on the NCDEX were up over 1% due to firm demand from domestic stockists and dal millers ahead of Diwali. The most-active November contract of the pulse was at 4,001 rupees per […]

The Goa’s government plans to bring around 30 per cent of the fallow lands, out of the existing 13,193 hectares across the state, under cultivation by next year. The quantum of fallow land from the current […]

The animal husbandry department of the Maharashtra government has invited farmers to grow fodder from November onwards for cattle heads in the state, where 180 talukas are facing a drought-like situation, an official said Tuesday.