-Down to Earth Wheat straw is being sold at Rs 1,100-1,700 per quintal; it was being sold at Rs 400-600 per quintal last year Farmers across north Indian states are facing a shortage of dry fodder due to the wheat crisis, which in turn, has been primarily fuelled by an unusually hot March, according to farmers, agricultural scientists and experts. Many farmers chose to plant Mustard instead of wheat this rabi season in...
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Average retail price of atta up 13% from last year
-TheNewsMinute.com The Union government’s wheat procurement is set to decline by more than half to 19.5 million tonnes in the current rabi marketing year amid higher exports and likely fall in output. The average price of wheat flour in retail markets stood at Rs 32.91 per kilogram on Monday, a nearly 13% increase compared to the year-ago period, according to official data. The all-India average retail price of wheat flour or atta...
More »Rabi diversification pays dividends to farmers as Mustard prices at all-time high in Punjab -Vishal Joshi
-Hindustan Times Data from Punjab agriculture department says an estimated 1.34 lakh acre was under Mustard cultivation in 2021-22, highest in last 15 years. Since 2007, farmers are sowing Mustard on 30,000 hectares or 74,000 acres every year Bathinda: After diversifying to Mustard crop (about 44% jump) in the 2021-22 rabi season, enterprising farmers are now reaping profit by selling the produce for up to Rs.7,000 per quintal, 28% higher than this...
More »Summer crops may be damaged this year due to temperature rise: Experts -Raju Sajwan
-Down to Earth States accuse the Centre of not taking any initiative to help them increase production of summer crops Agricultural experts have warned that an unusually hot March and April this year may cause damage to summer crops, which are grown in the Indian subcontinent between ‘Rabi’ (winter) and ‘Kharif’ (monsoon) crops. States have also accused the Centre of not taking any initiative to help them increase production of summer crops...
More »Mandi prices of key rabi crops above MSP on strong demand -Sandip Das
-Financial Express Traders told FE that for Mustard, the biggest domestic oilseed variety, prices at Bharatpur mandi, Rajasthan, are currently ruling around Rs 6,800 per quintal against the MSP of Rs 5,050 a quintal, while wheat in Sehore mandi, Madhya Pradesh, is currently being sold at Rs 2,150 a quintal against MSP of Rs 2,015 a quintal. As market arrivals have peaked, mandi prices of key rabi crops — wheat and Mustard...
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