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Last Updated: December 30, 2022, 15:43 ISTThe wheat crop prospect is seen to be bright right now and the ministry hopes for a record production if weather conditions remain good during the flowering to grain fill stage.Farmers have sown…

<!-- -->Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja on Thursday had said the crop prospects were bright.(File)New Delhi: Area sown to wheat has increased by 3.18 per cent to 312.26 lakh hectares (ha) so far in the ongoing rabi (winter) season…

Paddy sowing continues to lag as area under the key kharif crop was lower by 8.25 per cent at 343.70 lakh hectare till last week of the ongoing kharif season, according to the agriculture ministry. Area sown to pulses and oilseeds also…

The area under paddy — the biggest foodgrain during the kharif season — was almost 13 per cent lower in the week ended August 5 as compared to the same period last year despite a slight pick-up in rains in the main growing regions,…

Rice sowing in the current kharif season has dropped 13% till August 5 due to rainfall deficiency in main paddy-producing states, causing concern in a year when wheat output has fallen and the government's own procurement of the cereal has…

NEW DELHI: The minimum support price’s (MSP) tilt in favour of oilseeds has shown results with the acreage of mustard reporting a 23% increase this year, so far, over its sown area in the corresponding period last year. It is expected to…