Madhya Pradesh extends rabi registration for pricedeficit scheme

The Madhya Pradesh government has extended the deadline for farmers to register for rabi crops under its pricedeficit scheme by 12 days to Mar 24. The earlier deadline for farmers to register for the scheme ‘Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana’ was Mar 12. For 201718 rabi season, the state has included key crops like chana, masur and mustard seed and onion in the scheme.

NAFED procures 402,049 tn of tur at MSP across four states

The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India procured 402,049 tn tur across Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh as of Sunday. The federation began procuring the commodity as market prices had plunged below the minimum support price of 5,450 rupees per 100 kg due to higher arrivals of the fresh crop and subdued buying by dal millers. The agency procured 256,754 tn of tur in Karnataka, 75,300 tn in Telangana, 62,741 tn in Maharashtra, and 7,254 tn in Andhra Pradesh. So far, the agency has bought tur from 317,231 farmers across these states, through about 750 centres.

India soybean ends 1% higher on demand in spot mkts

Futures of soybean and refined soyoil traded over 1% higher on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange because of rise in demand in wholesale markets. Expectation of a hike in import duty on soyoil, in line with palm oil, also boosted the sentiment on the Indian exchange.