India to start wheat procurement in March.

India plans to begin wheat procurement on March 1st and aim to acquire 114 lakh metric tons (LMT) of wheat this season. While the administration is still hopeful that problems with the protesting farmers will be […]

Brazil And Argentina Retain Their Worldwide Soybean Market Share

Brazil and Argentina are expected to maintain their positions in the global soybean market this year. Although Brazil’s harvest is projected to slightly decrease from last year’s record crop, Argentina is forecasted to double its soybean […]

Summer Maize sowing area increased by 2%:

According to Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, the area under Summer maize is increased by 2 percent to 2,308 thousand hectares as against 2,262 thousand hectares sowed during the same period last year. Bihar, stands […]

Summer rice sowing area decreased by 2.7%:

According to Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, the area under Summer rice is decreased by 2.7 percent to 3,929 thousand hectares as against 4,037 thousand hectares sowed during the same period last year. Telangana stands […]

Brazil leads China’s imports of soybeans in 2023: Customs

China imported 69.95 million metric tonne of soybeans from Brazil in 2023, a 28.6% increase from 2022. In December, imports from the South American nation were 4.98 million mt. Even in months when imports of soybeans […]

India right now has no intentions to import wheat.

India, the second-largest producer of wheat in the world, has no intention of importing the grain, and its farmers are expected to harvest a bumper crop that would increase stocks, the trade minister announced on Saturday. […]

Rabi crop acreage down, Pulses hit worst

The Rabi cropping season of 2023–2024 is almost completed. This year area under Rabi crops is down by 1.23% as compared to the previous year’s Rabi season, with pulses having the lowest acreage this year among […]

Chana/ Gram Sowing Progress hovers below 5-year average sowing

As per recent release (as on 29th Dec 2023), the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare states that Chana sowing is down by 8.3% to 9704.6 thousand ha. from 10579.7 thousand ha. at the same corresponding […]

China restricts imports of soybeans

China is set to decrease its soybean imports, according to the December World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. The decline is not surprising, as horse producers’ margins have been tight which is in line with the […]