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Subdued demand from loose tea traders hit prices at Kochi auctions

The restrictive operations of Kerala loose tea traders due to lockdown and the rise in containment zones have impacted tea prices, especially powdery ...

West Pacific lending a hand to the Indian monsoon

To send in a potent circulation into the Bay

India’s support price for rice under WTO lens as US, EU question ‘peace clause’

Six countries ask India 25 questions on additional notification obligation, trade impact

Mangaluru fisheries activities resumption to be delayed by a month

Stakeholders from fisheries sector in Dakshina Kannada district have decided to put off fishing by a month to September 1. Normally, they would have ...

Monsoon gets active over South Peninsula, North-West India

The 24 hours that ended on Wednesday morning saw the monsoon getting active over parts of the country with heavy to very heavy rainfall to extremely ...

Volume comes down at Coonoor tea auction

A volume of 20.03 lakh kg has been catalogued for Sale 31 of the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association to be held on Thursday and Friday.This is ...

Kerala, TN, Karnataka slip under fresh rain cover

The monsoon has kicked off fresh rain waves from both the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal with India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting ...

Fruits of lockdown: Youth in drought-prone Koregaon join strawberry cultivation

Having returned from the cities, they are digging up wells to help irrigate the crop

Monsoon improves water situation in four major revenue divisions of Maharashtra

The onset of monsoon in Maharashtra has significantly improved the water situation in the four major revenue divisions of the state, compared with the ...

Unique atmospheric research testbed in M.P. village will help predict monsoon better

It’s often said that the Indian budget is a gamble on the monsoon. Therefore, a lot rides on calling rainfall patterns correctly. With a number of ...

Cotton carryover seen at 5-year high of 55.5 lakh bales

Disruptions caused by Covid to hurt consumption: CAI

Poor pollination causes annual loss of ₹15,000 crore to farm sector

Highlighting the role of natural pollinators such as honey bee in farming sector, an expert from the apiculture sector has said that the poor ...

Heavy rain belt shifting from foothills to plains of N-W India

The monsoon trough, which lies close to the foothills of the Himalayas and presides over a wet session over East and North-East India, is likely to ...

The HT Bt mess needs to be cleaned up swiftly

Regulated use of the technology will benefit the cotton and seed industries, and farmers

Covid-19: Sugar mills moving to mechanised harvesting as labour scarcity haunts crushing season

A large number of sugar mills across India are moving to mechanised sugarcane harvesting this season with Covid-19 likely to affect the availability ...

Hiring charges of agri implements jump on rising fuel prices, lack of migrant labour

The rise in fuel prices — petrol and diesel — have come at a very difficult time for farmers in Maharashtra. Migrant labour is in short supply due to ...

Punjab farmers protest against new agri ordinances

Thousands of farmers belonging to more than a dozen farmer organisations on Monday organised a massive tractor march in 21 districts of Punjab and ...

Merchandise export scheme module blocked from accepting new applications

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), on July 23, blocked the MEIS module from accepting new applications for shipping bills with let ...

Record raisin production in Maharashtra

The massive production of raisin in Maharashtra has put grape farmers in a tight spot. Many farmers, unable to take their grapes to the market due to ...

India’s flower market withers due to the Covid-19 pandemic

With temples closed for months and no-frill marriage ceremonies becoming a norm in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, marigold cultivation in the ...

Flood-hit North-East wary over return of monsoon trough

The monsoon trough across North-West India continues to shift its alignment from North to South and back, changing the dynamics of weather over ground ...

Piperine content: Indian pepper farmers seek clarity on Vietnam imports

Urge Spices Board to find out whether Vietnam pepper is meeting 6% piperine content curbs

Karnataka cuts APMC market fee to 0.35 per cent

The Karnataka government has further reduced the market fee charged by APMCs to 0.35 per cent from one per cent, a move that’s expected to provide ...

A horticulture expert’s efforts make Kolar jackfruit farm a tourist attraction

The efforts of a horticulture expert in the early 70s to promote the potential of jackfruit seems to be yielding fruits now. A good example for this ...

India’s first NABL-accredited honey testing lab inaugurated

Testing lab will unlock export potential of India’s honey: Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

Kharif sowing touches 800 lakh hectares

This is 18.5 per cent more than the 675 lh planted in the corresponding week last year

Ghee adulteration: Gujarat government seeks suspension of Dudhsagar Dairy MD

Apart from the 600 tonnes of adulterated ghee, additional 512 tonnes of stocks to undergo lab test

Farmers expect the better price for onion

Lasalgaon, Asia’s largest onion market exported about 480 tonnes onion to Bangladesh this week through parcel train and traders said that more export ...

PM Kisan beneficiaries: FinMin notifies norms to share info about taxpayers

In order to ensure exclusion of non-eligible beneficiaries of PM Kisan scheme, the Finance Ministry has notified norms under the Income Tax Act to ...

Rain surplus at 6% as monsoon enters last week of July

East and North-East parts of India to see heavy rainfall

India eyes 40% value addition in milk by 2025

Government committed to doubling milk processing capacities to 108 million tonnes

HTBT issue: We should embrace seed technology, but not through illegal means

Still reeling from the Covid-19 crisis, the Indian seed sector is being challenged by another deadly contamination: from Herbicide Tolerant (HT) Bt ...