Costly structural inefficiencies need to be addressed lest the agriculture sector falls behind on export competitiveness ...

Tobacco is a drought-resistant crop and heavy rain is a threat to it ... the farmers have complained against the poor prices this year. They lamented that their input costs including labour costs had ...

"The market will take notice of a poor start to the winter wheat crop due to drought, but it also understands that spring rains mean a lot more than fall rains in determining yield," Arlan ...

Wheat markets have sold off during the past two weeks, and one would think that crop prospects have dramatically improved ...

KARACHI: Pakistan is projected to increase imports of cotton by almost four times to $1.9 billion in the current fiscal year ...

Chandigarh: The air quality in many parts of Punjab and Haryana was poor on Sunday, while it was very poor in Chandigarh.

Crop quality overall is rated good. Canola graded 89 per cent 1 CAN and nine per cent ... Pasture conditions are rated 35 per ...

CANBERRA: Chicago wheat futures inched higher on Tuesday after data showed that the U.S. winter wheat crop was off to its second worst start since 1986 and traders braced for the outcome of the U.S.

CANBERRA: Chicago wheat futures inched higher on Tuesday after data showed that the US winter wheat crop was off to its second worst start since 1986 and traders braced for the outcome of the US ...

The Haryana government on Monday claimed to have taken significant steps for crop residue management in the state.

CHANDIGARH: The biggest spike in stubble burning cases this season in Punjab occurred on Diwali, with 484 farm fire incidents ...

The Centre has doubled the fine for farmers burning crop residue in view of the deteriorating air quality in the Delhi-NCR region, with the penalty going up to Rs 30,000 for those with more than five ...