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Unseasonal rains and hail damage crops in India - Mayank Bharadwaj

Reuters Unseasonal rains and hailstorms have damaged ripening, winter-planted crops such as wheat in India's fertile northern, central and western plains, exposing thousands of farmers to losses and raising the risk of further food price inflation. Torrential rains on Sunday and Monday lashed Punjab, Haryana parts of Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh state, which account for the bulk of wheat output in India, the world's biggest producer after China, flattening crops and...

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India allows early wheat procurement by states to avert distress sale by farmers - Shloka Badkar

CNBC TV18 The Centre has allowed an early procurement of wheat procurement by states to avert the possibility of any distress sale by farmers. Despite the pre-monsoon rains increasing moisture content in the rabi crop, government sources have maintained that the procurement cycle is on track and there hasn't been any adverse climatic impact on wheat harvest or supply so far. While government sources indicated that wheat procurement in Madhya Pradesh will...

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Rabi area rise boosts bumper crop hopes, but warm winter a concern -Zia Haq

-Hindustan Times The total cultivated area under wheat, the main winter staple currently in short supply, jumped 25% as on November 10, compared to the corresponding period of last year, latest official data showed, boosting hopes of a bumper 2022-23 crop. Acreages of most rabi or winter-sown crops stand higher than last year, the farm ministry’s data showed. However, a warmer-than-average winter so far remains a concern for farmers because wheat needs...

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Punjab Records 30% Less Stubble Fires This Year But Burnt Area Remains Almost the Same -Vivek Gupta

-TheWire.in As per the final tally as on November 30, total burning cases in the state was 49,922 against 71,304 cases in 2021, meaning that there was an almost 30% drop in cases. Chandigarh: A report by the Indian Agriculture Research Institute, an institute under the Union agriculture and farmers’ welfare ministry has it that Punjab has reported 21,382 fewer stubble burning cases this year compared to last year. The satellite monitoring of...

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Samyukt Kisan Morcha to organise Farmer march to Raj Bhavan -Snehamoy Chakraborty

-The Telegraph Raj Bhavan Cholo to mark the beginning of the second phase of the farmers’ movement where Bengal cultivators are expected to play a major role The Bengal chapter of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) will organise a “massive” farmers’ march to Raj Bhavan in Calcutta on November 26 to mark the second anniversary of the movement that forced the Narendra Modi government to withdraw three controversial agriculture laws. SKM leaders said...

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