Guar seed season starts with lower prices: Put option is the best remedies for farmers

13-Oct-2025 - 0 Comments.

In the agricultural commodity business, there is always risk associated with trading, but a trader who does not trade due to fear of risk takes more risk. The arrival of new season guar seeds has started in Gujarat and Rajasthan.

Biofuel push drives up feed costs for chicken farmers in India

28-Jun-2025 - 0 Comments.

India’s ethanol drive raises maize prices, squeezing small poultry farmers who struggle with rising feed costs and lower egg production.

Venky’s Q4 profit drops 60% on poultry margin pressure

31-May-2025 - 0 Comments.

Venky’s India Q4 net profit falls 60% to ₹133 million due to lower poultry margins. Company plans entry into spices, expands SPF egg capacity.

Farmers embrace stablecoins to beat banking hurdles and go global

21-Apr-2025 - 0 Comments.

Farmers across Africa and other emerging regions are increasingly adopting stablecoins to bypass outdated banking systems, lower transaction costs, and tap into global agricultural markets.

TechEagle transports the world's first vaccine via Drone for animal husbandry department in Arunachal Pradesh

22-Nov-2022 - 0 Comments.

TechEagle, a leading drone delivery startup that offers world-class end to end drone delivery solutions has transported the world's first vaccine delivery for Animal Husbandry in Arunachal Pradesh in collaboration with the Department of Animal Husbandry, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh to strengthen the supply chain for Animal Husbandry by providing safe, secured and faster delivery of various Animal Husbandry related items starting from Lower Dibang valley. 

Singatalur Lift Irrigation Drip Scheme enables maize farmers to get higher yields with reduced input costs

In India, maize is predominantly a Kharif crop, with almost 85 percent under cultivation, whereas rabi maize corresponds to 15% of the area. Despite having the largest area under maize cultivation, the yield per hectare is still lower than the world average.

Superstar seaweed produces world’s first lower-emissions steaks

25-Aug-2021 - 0 Comments.

The company driving the commercialization of the Asparagopsis seaweed livestock ingredient has hit a major milestone, applying the technology in a commercial feedlot and delivering the world’s first lower-methane steaks thanks to the superstar seaweed.

Indian agriculture shows positive recovery post pandemic, says Dr Shivendra Bajaj

04-Mar-2021 - 0 Comments.

Agriculture sector in India helped in the speedy recovery of the economic growth post the pandemic. India's agriculture and allied sectors helped the farm sector clock a growth rate of 3.4 percent in the financial year 2020-21. It is lower than the last year's growth but is the best when compared with other sectors during pandemic.

ZBNF: All you need to know about FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s pet project

26-Aug-2019 - 0 Comments.

Finance Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman presented an idea of zero budget farming at the lower house of parliament during her budget speech in the 17th Lok Sabha in July this year, urging the farmers of this nation

Drip irrigation promoted under Per Drop More Crop Agri Irrigation Scheme

12-Aug-2016 - 0 Comments.

Indian minister of state for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Parshottam Rupala in the lower house of parliament said that drip and sprinkler irrigation systems are being promoted under “Per Drop More Crop” component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) {erstwhile scheme on Micro Irrigation has been subsumed under PMKSY since 1st July, 2015}.

Farmer friends number crosses 112,487 in 29 states

10-Jul-2016 - 0 Comments.

India has said that farmer friends have been increased to 112,487 during 2015-16, Indian minister of state for agriculture & farmers welfare, Parshottam Rupala said in the lower house of the parliament recently.