The Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) registered a year-on-year decline of -1.06% in June 2025, a significant shift from May’s 0.99% food inflation. This marks the lowest rate for food prices since January 2019, according to provisional government data released Monday India’s retail inflation plummeted to its lowest point since January 2019 in June, driven … Read more
The collaboration is aimed at facilitating global market access for products manufactured and marketed by the state’s cooperative societies. In a significant move to boost the international reach of Rajasthan’s cooperative products, the Rajasthan State Cooperative Marketing Federation (RAJFED) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Cooperative Export Limited (NCEL) on Monday. The … Read more
Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has written to the Chief Ministers of all States, directing immediate and strict action against the issue of counterfeit and substandard fertilizers. The issue of fake and substandard fertilizers is intensifying across India, raising serious concerns for both farmers and the central government. While farmers … Read more
Amid tariff war, Mexico has decided to cut milk powder imports from the U.S. and build a domestic plant to boost dairy self-sufficiency. The move could disrupt U.S.–Mexico dairy trade and open export opportunities for India. While challenges remain, the shift aims to enhance food security, support local farmers, and reduce dependency on foreign dairy … Read more
The central government has decided to sell wheat, rice and coarse grains from government stocks under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS). For the year 2025-26, the reserve price for wheat to be sold in the open market has been set at Rs 2,550 per quintal, against the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat is … Read more
Bayer has launched Felujit, a new fungicide for controlling sheath blight in paddy crops. Combining Penflufen and Tebuconazole, Felujit offers dual-action protection to all plant parts and outperforms market standards with a single long-lasting spray. Targeted at key rice-growing states, this innovation improves yield, reduces labor, and promotes sustainable farming by tackling soil-borne pathogens effectively. … Read more
Severe droughts and heatwaves are crippling crops across China and Europe, threatening food security and inflicting billions in losses. China’s early heatwave is scorching key farming zones, while Europe faces one of its driest springs in decades. Most damages remain uninsured. From the parched fields of China’s Yangtze River basin to the drying farmlands of … Read more
Various challenges and possibilities including increasing the productivity of cotton, reducing cost, production of good quality cotton were discussed in detail in the Coimbatore meeting today. In a significant push to improve cotton productivity in India, a high-level meeting was held today at the ICAR–Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, under the leadership of Union Minister for … Read more
The Central Government has authorised 17 Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) manufacturers to sell Fermented Organic Manure (FOM) and Liquid Fermented Organic Manure (LFOM) in bulk directly to farmers. The approval, granted under the Fertilizer (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) Control Order, 1985, will remain valid for three years. This move comes as part of the Centre’s efforts … Read more
Meeting to be held in Coimbatore on July 11; farmers invited to share suggestions via toll-free number In view of the low productivity of cotton in the country, Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced a high-level meeting on cotton production to be held in Coimbatore on July 11, 2025. He … Read more