-NDTV MSP Hike: The minimum support price (MSP) for mustard seed has also been raised by ₹ 400 to ₹ 5,050 per quintal for the current crop year New Delhi: The centre has raised the price it will pay to buy new-season wheat from farmers by 2 per cent - the lowest in a decade - to ₹ 2,015 per 100 kg. The country is the world's second-biggest wheat consumer and sets...

-The Hindu Business Line Rainfall deficit in North Gujarat, Kutch at 68% Uncertainty looms over Kharif crops prospects in Gujarat, where erratic monsoon has left the State with 58 per cent deficient rainfall as on August 25. Please click here to read more.  ...

-Down to Earth Farmers yet to be paid Rs 5,724 crore for claims made in 5 years since scheme launch The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (crop insurance scheme) may have benefitted some farmers but insurance companies surely made the most of it. In the five years since the scheme was launched, these companies received Rs 1,26,521 crore in premium payments and paid Rs 87,320 crore to farmers in loss claims — a...

-Down to Earth Late transplantation of paddy crops may lead to crop yield loss of up to 50 per cent  An erratic monsoon has dented the hopes of Bihar’s farmers of a good Kharif 2021.   The rainfall was very heavy in parts of the state and scanty in others, because of which the cultivators have not been able to transplant paddy seedlings or sow maize seeds. Around 50 per cent of the...

-The Hindu Business Line Total area down 11.5 per cent; coarse cereals, oilseeds planting drops 20% With the south-west monsoon being seven per cent below normal till Friday, sowing of Kharif crops continues to be affected. Data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmerss Welfare show that sowing lost its momentum further in terms of percentage. Data showed that a total of 612 lakh hectares (lh) had been covered till date compared...