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Kharif Crop News

Kharif sowing trails last year’s pace despite rainfall revival in early July

The concern is particularly acute in the Monsoon Core Zone.

Updated 1 day ago

July likely to be drier, hotter than normal: IMD’s grim forecast

People are seen eating ice cream to beat the heat on a hot evening at Connaught Place in New Delhi.

Updated 14 days ago

Union Cabinet approves hike in MSP for 14 Kharif crops for 2026-27 season

In this file photo taken on June 19, 2023, farmers plant rice saplings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Amritsar. (AFP)

Published 62 days ago

Punjab bets on new-age desi seed to revive cotton in Malwa

Experts said that four years of tests and trials have shown the variety has a low-input cost, and cotton derived from indigenous varieties has commercial value in the pharmaceutical industry.

Published 70 days ago

PAU to help farmers mitigate effects of floods on rabi crops

PAU conducted an extensive analysis of flood-affected soils across Punjab. (HT Photo)

Published 281 days ago

Punjab: Cotton in trouble: Relentless rains drown hopes of good harvest, 20k acres impacted

Official information revealed that Mansa has been the worst rain-hit district with more than 13,500 acres under cotton affected. (HT)

Published 311 days ago

Maha set for monsoon revival from June 13: IMD

Now after a two-week hiatus, the IMD has indicated that conditions favourable for the monsoon to regain momentum are developing. (HT)

Published 399 days ago

Punjab’s early paddy sowing decision a step towards ecological disaster: Experts

According to former PAU vice-chancellor BS Dhillon, the government decision will push Punjab back into the path of ecological disaster which the state has been trying to avert for the past many years.

Published 460 days ago

85% dip in paddy arrivals compared to last season

A labourer uses a shovel to separate rice grains from husk at a wholesale grain market in Amritsar on October 7, 2024. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP) (AFP)

Published 646 days ago

Learning to live with shifts in monsoon

FILE - A farmer carries a sack of paddy on his bicycle during monsoon rains as clouds hover over the sky on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File) (AP)

Published 750 days ago

Centre clears new minimum support price for 14 Kharif crops

The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday approved the minimum support price (MSP) on 14 Kharif crops

Updated 756 days ago

Punjab sees 57% jump in farm fires in a day

The last five days have seen an upward trend in the incidents of farm fires across Punjab as harvesting of paddy, a major kharif crop, is picking up pace.

Updated 1017 days ago

Procurement of bajra starts in Haryana

Bhiwani grain market supervisor Yogesh Sharma said nearly 700 quintals of Bajra were procured in Bhiwani on the first day. (HT File)

Published 1026 days ago

Let farmers breathe easy

The sudden drop in tomato prices within a month, from <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>200 per kg in August to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2 in September, recently drove farmers from Marathwada and north Maharashtra to destroy their produce. (HT PHOTO)

Published 1028 days ago

Kharif crops output and food security

Farm workers transplanting paddy saplings after rain in Bathinda district of Punjab on June 26, 2023. The state relies heavily on the monsoon and groundwater through tubewells to irrigate crops. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT file photo)

Published 1040 days ago

Will rice spoil India’s inflation math?

There are rain-related concerns with India's rice production this year.

Updated 1084 days ago

Team Ajit calls on Pawar Sr; latter asks about kharif crops

Mumbai, India - July 17, 2023: MLAs of Ajit Pawar faction of NCP step out from Y B Chavan center after meet NCP chief Sharad Pawar in south Mumbai, India, on Monday, July 17, 2023. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated 1094 days ago

Bihar: Delayed monsoon, severe heatwave affects paddy seedlings transplantation

Only 31 % coverage of paddy seedlings done out of targeted cultivable area (Representative/File Photo)

Updated 1120 days ago

Tackle stubble menace early

It is the government’s duty to ensure that Delhi doesn’t choke every year

Published 1134 days ago

Cabinet increases paddy MSP to ₹2,183 per quintal, moong dal sees highest hike

The Union cabinet approved <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>143 hike in paddy MSP to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2,183 per quintal for 2023-24. (HT file photo)

Updated 1134 days ago

Now, apply for 33% subsidy on cotton seeds till May 31 in Punjab

More than 50,000 farmers have registered themselves for the subsidy on cotton so far. (HT file photo)

Updated 1156 days ago

Monsoon onset over Kerala may be delayed by 3-6 days

The normal date for the onset of monsoon in Kerala is June 1. (PTI)

Updated 1137 days ago

Two failed crop seasons hamper cotton sowing ops in Punjab

Cotton lying in the grain market of Bathinda on Wednesday. ((Photo by Sanjeev Kumar/Hindustan Times))

Updated 1169 days ago

Kharif crop in Punjab: 200k-hectare fields still to be cleared

This kharif season, paddy was sown on 3.8 million hectares across the state, officials added. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT Photo)

Published 1345 days ago

India's kharif rice production may fall by 10-12 mn tonne, says govt

India's kharif rice production may fall by 10-12 mn tonne, says govt

Published 1405 days ago

Kharif crops’ sowing area 1.5% lower than last year’s: New data

India’s output from the kharif cropping season is likely to be average, with the area sown lagging last year’s levels by around 1.5%. (ANI)

Updated 1410 days ago

India to receive average rainfall in August, September, predicts IMD

(File image)

Published 1444 days ago

Kharif sowing on rise, lower output of rice likely amid patchy rainfall

The Union government did not share estimates of paddy acreage for the second consecutive week, along with cotton, in its weekly update released on Friday.

Updated 1447 days ago

Uneven monsoon hits kharif sowing, paddy down 24%

Tapi, July 10 (ANI): Labourers sow paddy saplings in a field after heavy rains lashed recently in Tapi district of Gujarat on Sunday. (ANI Photo/ANI Pic Service) (ANI)

Updated 1463 days ago

Kharif sowing lags 5%, rice by 27%; experts hint at pickup by July

Overall kharif sowing was 5% below last year’s levels as on July 1, the agriculture ministry’s latest available data show.

Updated 1469 days ago

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