Month: October 2018

European wheat futures ended lower as a pre-weekend rally faded in the face of still tepid export activity. Benchmark December milling wheat on Paris-based Euronext settled 2.00 euros lower at 200.50 euros a tonne, retreating from […]

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 gained ground as investors covered positions after recent losses, though momentum was capped by a bumper U.S. harvest and a trade dispute between the United States and top soybean importer China. Corn was up 0.7 […]

Prices of tur rose in Akola, the benchmark market, due to limited supply of the pulse amid strong demand from stockists and dal millers. In Akola, tur was sold at 3,750 rupees per 100 kg, up […]

Haryana government purchase around 1,600,000 thousand tonnes of bajra in current seasons as compared to 34,449 tonnes of procurement last year. Authorities are expecting that this year procurement would be around 0.3 MMT. This year MSP […]

Rajasthan farmers are likely to sow higher barley crop on better price realization duw to higher prices and good industrial demand. Currently barley prices are hovering around Rs.1910 per 100 kgs.

China will end the auctions of its state soy and corn reserves next week as the new crops begin to reach market, with the latest auction announcement from the National Grain Trade Centre (NGTC) not listing […]

According to the Preliminary rabi crop report released by Ministry of Agriculture, the planted area under pulses and maize are lower as compared to same period last year, while, wheat and barley area are higher during the same […]

State Trading Corp has floated a tender to buy 20,000 metric tonne tur (split-husked and fatka) or yellow masur imported from Canada (split-husked and laired no.2) to sell under public distribution scheme.

On a vast farmland in Kalajhar mandi of Sangrur district, Punjab, farmers are waiting to negotiate with traders who have rejected their paddy crop infected due to humidity. Chand Singh, 70, a farmer who owns 4 […]

As India’s groundnut production is expected to fall by 29% due to deficient rainfall, export of hand-picked and selected) HPS groundnut is expected to be lower than the previous year. Export of groundnut oil too may […]