The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has released the First Advance Estimates for the 2024-25 Kharif crop season, forecasting a record food grain production of 164.70 million tonnes (MT). This marks an increase of 8.93 […]
Tur Sowing Progress
As per recent release (as on 19th July 2024), the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare states that Tur sowing is up by 73% to 3,348 thousand ha. from 1,934 thousand ha. at the same corresponding […]
Kharif Pulses Sowing
Kharif Pulses Sowing As per recent release (as on 08th Sep 2023), the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare states that Kharif pulses sowing is down by 8.6% to 119.9 lakh hectares from 131.2 lakh hectares […]
Madhya Pradesh govt aims to procure 534,000 tn of kharif pulses.
The Madhya Pradesh government aims to procure 534,000 tn of pulses comprising urad, moong and tur harvested in the 2018-19 (Jul-Jun) kharif season at the minimum support price. Procurement is underway from registered farmers in different […]
Drought seen impacting kharif pulses
After languishing for almost two years, the prices of pulses such as tur/arhar and urad have rebounded over the past few weeks as production has been impacted by scanty rains in the key growing regions of […]