Agri Business

Spot sugar prices on the Vashi wholesale market continued to rule steady for the second day. S-grade normal quality sugar fell by Rs 5 a quintal, ...

After touching a new high, cotton price declined on Friday as demand dropped a bit. The price decreased by Rs 1,000 a candy (of 356 kg) and raw ...

Basmati rice exporters are delaying signing new contracts due to higher prices quoted by traders. Exporters are not able to source at workable prices ...

Onion arrivals flooded Maharashtra and Gujarat markets resulting in prices dropping to below Rs 1,500 a quintal in many places. The quality of ...

Basmati rice export contracts have dipped by 10 per cent to 24.41 lakh tonne in the first ten months of the current fiscal from a year-ago, on account ...

Minimum temperatures have risen above normal by 4 to 8 deg Celsius over many parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan and western Himalayan region and isolated ...

The country's sugar production during the 2010-11 season (October-September) may fall well short of the Centre's estimates of 245.40 lakh tonnes ...

Physical rubber prices made a glorious rebound on Thursday. The market moved up on strong demand following sharp gains in international and domestic ...

Brokers are advising producers of orthodox teas to stick to quality right from the start of the ensuing season beginning in April as importers are ...

The Centre has launched a dialogue with State Governments to find an expeditious solution to the vexatious issues of foodgrain storage and ...

The Union Finance Ministry is examining a proposal for bringing down borrowing costs farmers against warehouse receipts from the current level of 11 ...

Ahead of Committee of Secretaries’ (CoS) meeting on urea pricing issue, major fertiliser stocks on Thursday rallied by upto 3.58 per cent on hope that ...

Sugar prices rose by Rs 8 to Rs 2,859 per quintal in futures trade on Thursday, as speculators increased their holdings on rising demand in spot as ...

There is a lot at stake for Indian fertiliser companies in the ongoing political upheavals in Egypt, Tunisia and Jordan. All the three Arab countries ...

The Government will permit export of cotton yarn till the end of March to ensure that the overall quota of 720 million kg fixed for 2010-11 is ...

Pepper futures on Wednesday moved up on bullish activities and some buying interest after remaining highly volatile. Investors sold March were buying ...

Agriculture Minister Mr Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said there is no need to encourage foreign direct investment in the farm sector as large number of ...

Select edible oil prices rose up to Rs 20 per quintal on the wholesale oils and oilseeds market on Wednesday largely on firming global trend. Market ...

Sugar prices softened by Rs 10 per quintal in the national capital on Wednesday on heavy selling amid reduced off take. Market analysts said increased ...

Following are the wholesale prices of vegetables at the Koyambedu market here on Tuesday: MIN/MAX (per kg) -- Tomato Rs 10/15, Potato Rs 12/13; Onion ...

Pepper futures, after the usual tug of war of bull and bear operators, remained nearly steady with a marginal increase. Added to this was the holding ...

With water-friendly millets slowly going out of food chain, Millet Network of India, an association of non-governmental organisations and ...

Coffee exports from the country increased 44.79 per cent in January to 20,957 tonnes, comparedwith 14,474 lakh tonnes during the same period a year ...

The Tea Board has stepped up the promotion of mechanised harvesting to tide over the labour shortage problem faced by small growers. Its promotion ...