The farmers are also angry over traders refusing to pay in cash citing possible trouble from Income Tax authorities. This has forced the government to clarify that traders should pay up to Rs 50,000 in cash to farmers rather than…
Dairies, especially in the private sector, attribute the falling milk prices to two factors. The first is a crash in international skimmed milk powder (SMP) prices. Since the start of this calendar year, SMP rates at GlobalDairyTrade, the fortnightly auction…
Over 30% of old crop still to be sold even as plantings for new season nears completion. "For about a month before notebandi happened on November 8, potato was selling at Rs 500-700 per bag of 50 kg (or Rs…
The subsidiary treatment to dairying may have some justification at an individual farmer level. Income from milk could well be lower than from their main crop for most farmers. Source: When White displaces Green | The Indian Express
To make farming a remunerative profession, the government on Wednesday approved changes to ongoing central scheme Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) with a focus on value chain, post-harvest infrastructure and agri-entrepreneur development, among others. Source: Government tweaks RKVY scheme to…
The latest rise in wheat MSP is the highest since the Rs 150-per-quintal hike effected over a decade ago in 2005-06 and 2006-07 during the Congress-led UPA-I government. Source: Eye on farmer unrest, govt sheds NDA-I’s cautious line and hikes…
As many as 215 of 660 districts tracked by the meteorological department for rainfall data clocked a deficit of 20% or more till September 30. Fourteen states had a deficit of 10% or more. Source: Top food producing states hit…
Farmers can't keep them, traders don't want to buy them, and gaushalas are full. The result: Havoc on farms and roads. Sunday Times travels across the country to find out how the population of stray bovines is becoming a ticking…
Source: The Assam Tribune Online
Maharashtra govt has formed a committee to revive defunct cooperative sugar mills, possibly by acquiring them and leasing them out to those who can turn them around Source: Maharashtra govt looks to revive at least 40 shuttered cooperative sugar mills…