-Business Standard In the country, wheat, the main rabi foodgrain, has been sown on 29.55 million hectares, almost 1.44 mn ha less than last year Drought in parts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, and a shift in area towards more lucrative gram, has pulled down wheat and mustard acreage in the current rabi season. This, with low farm-gate PRIces for a second year, has aggravated distress in rural areas. Water levels in...
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White Truth: Milk turns sour for farmers on back of record powder stocks with dairies -Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express The dairies are blaming the current situation on the crash in international skimmed milk powder (SMP) PRIces Puntamba (Maharashtra): Since early September, Nitin Dhanvate’s dairy farm business has gone for a toss. Till around then, the 33-year-old from this village in Ahmednagar district’s Rahata taluka was receiving Rs 28 per litre for the milk containing 3.5 per cent fat and 8.5 per cent SNF (solids-not-fat) he was supplying to...
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-The New Indian Express BENGALURU (Karnataka): Bhoomee, a web-enabled platform for the agriculture community, and integrated with cloud, mobile and other digital technologies, intends to take information and engagement closer to farmers.An increasing number of farmers are reaping benefits of the platform. Rajanna, a farmer from Tumakuru district, got to know the PRIce of watermelon in Bengaluru’s market through the Bhoomee platform and was able to sell his produce at double...
More »Panel sets out an action plan to make agriculture profitable -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com The committee’s suggestions on major reforms include an overhaul of the Union agriculture ministry New Delhi: In a detailed action plan for doubling farmers’ incomes, a top government panel has proposed major reforms to the existing administrative structure. This includes an overhaul of the Union agriculture ministry, setting up a three-tier planning and review mechanism through district, state and national level committees and an annual ease of doing agribusiness survey. The committee on...
More »Diesel PRIce at all-time high as crude oil surges in international markets -Gireesh Chandra Prasad
-Livemint.com Diesel PRIce touched Rs.61.74 a litre in Delhi, while petrol hit Rs.71.18 a litre, the highest since 1 August 2014 New Delhi: Diesel PRIce rose to an all-time high on Monday as crude oil PRIce continued to advance in global markets, impacting India’s oil import bill and inflation. Diesel PRIce touched Rs61.74 a litre in Delhi, while petrol hit Rs71.18 a litre, the highest since 1 August 2014, according to information provided...
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