Tag: sowing

Indian govt fears Rabi onion production may drop sharply

As the sowing of onion for the key rabi season has begun, an assessment by the Centre points to the

As many farmers are planting wheat very late this year due to delayed harvesting of sugarcane, cotton, paddy, mustard and

The shortfall in wheat crop sowing continues marking a five per cent deficit for the second consecutive week. As of

The momentum in rabi sowing continued this week, though the area under wheat and rice trailed the coverage during the

Jeera (cumin) prices have dropped from the record highs of over ₹65,000 per quintal in the futures market as traders

India’s imports of pulses such as tur (peas) and aurad (black matbi) more than doubled in the April-June quarter to

Onion patches were seen in Khareef, which was lagging behind until last week, with major growing areas of Karnataka and

Maize prices are starting to stiffen due to the slow progress of autumn sowing due to lack of rain in

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar expressed confidence that the deficit in sowing areas for some crops may be brought

The sown acreage of gram or tur, a major kharif crop of pulses, fell by half in the week ending