Wheat procurement near last year s level but unlikely to meet Govt s target

Purchases hit by farmers holding back produce; Govt to probe reasons for missing target in MP Despite the initial lead and the State government’s announcement to pay ₹125/quintal bonus to wheat farmers, the total procurement has reached 4.74 mt so far, down by 33 per cent from 7.08 mt a year ago | Photo Credit: …

Telangana govt to pay ₹500 bonus per quintal to farmers from Kharif season The government also directed the officials concerned to keep stocks of the seeds, fertilizers ready for the farmers for the upcoming Kharif season Telangana Government will be paying a bonus of ₹500 per quintal for fine rice cultivated by the farmers from …

Monsoon likely to reach seas near Kerala in the next two days

The India Meteorological Department forecasts that the South-West monsoon will advance into parts of the South-East Arabian Sea, Maldives, Comorin area, South Bay of Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, and Andaman Sea by Thursday Monsoon-like conditions prevail over parts of the South Peninsula with heavy to very heavy rain predicted for Kerala and parts of …

Argentina soy farmers wait on rising prices to sell rain-drenched crop

In the fields of Pergamino in Argentina’s grain heartland, farmer Adrian Farroni is revving up his soybean harvest late, delayed by rains that along with low prices have led to the country’s slowest soy sales in a decade. The South American country’s slow pace selling the oilseed could strainthe region’s supply even as rival Brazil’s …

US Inspected 1.211m Tons of Corn for Export,184k of Soybeans

In week ending May 16, according to the USDA’s weekly inspections report. US Corn, Soybean, Wheat Inspections by Country: May 16 Following is a summary of USDA inspections for week ending May 16 of corn, soybeans and wheat for export, from the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, known as GIPSA.

Sunflower oil rises in price in Ukrainian ports for the third week in a row

According to APK-Inform monitoring, for the third consecutive week Ukrainian ports have been witnessing the growth of the demand prices for sunflower oil amid the similar price trend on the global oilseed market and the increase of the weekly shipments of the product from Ukraine. Thus, as of May 21, prices reached 840 USD/t on …

South water reservoir levels down 46%:Central Water Commission bulletin

The live storage in 150 reservoirs of the country was 45.3 bcm as on May 16, 2024. It was 57.4 bcm in 2023 Reservoirs in the southern part of the country have just about half the water they did around the same time last year. They hold 7.49 billion cubic metres of water compared to …