Prabhudatta Mishra

Mar 27, 2025 | thehindubusinessline.com | Prabhudatta Mishra

The government has started a weekly webinar connecting farmer producer organisations (FPOs) with corporates in order to bridge the gap between production and marketing. In the first online session held Thursday, the government roped in Mother Dairy which shared its plan to provide FPOs necessary support in selling soyabean and mustard.

Mar 20, 2025 | thehindubusinessline.com | Prabhudatta Mishra

Sales of key fertilisers – Urea, DAP, MOP and Complex – in February has exceeded the monthly demand by 11 per cent, which is for the third time in a row after India had faced severe scarcity of the crop nutrients during October-November last year due to lower availability amid cut in imports of Urea. The sales were 33 per cent more in January and 29 per cent higher in December 2024 against the demand estimate.

Mar 16, 2025 | thehindubusinessline.com | Prabhudatta Mishra

The Centre has rolled out a pilot project aimed at reducing broken grain share in the rice stock managed by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to 10 per cent from current up to 25 per cent, which will improve the quality of rice distributed through ration shops. The plan, if successful, will also reduce leakage in the public distribution system, increase the availability of rice for ethanol production and reduce storage costs.

Mar 16, 2025 | thehindubusinessline.com | Prabhudatta Mishra

Barring a few districts in Rajasthan, there is no concern over the condition of the wheat crop so far this year in all the growing States. Farmers are expecting the yield to be at least 10 per cent higher than last year. The government has estimated wheat production to exceed 115 million tonnes (mt), while millers expect it to be around 110 mt. Some in the trade, however, are not willing to buy both numbers, saying the production could be 104-106 mt only.

Mar 12, 2025 | thehindubusinessline.com | Prabhudatta Mishra

A day after the government cut sugarcane production estimate by 5 million tonnes (mt), the All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) lowered its sugar production estimates by 0.72 mt from its first estimate after reviewing the progress of current crushing operation. The Agriculture Ministry, on March 10, released the second advance estimates of crops where sugarcane production was lowered to 435.08 mt from 439.93 mt in the first estimate during 2024-25 crop year (July-June).