Short-term boom in cumin amid rainy weather: Exporters' purchases increase

10-Nov-2025 - 0 Comments.

Spice traders around the world were keeping an eye on the cyclones and unseasonal rains in India in the past week. As the Rabi season has started, everyone was getting an idea of how the rains would affect the crops.

Turmeric prices surge on export demand and crop damage

20-Oct-2025 - 0 Comments.

Turmeric, a natural antibiotic and used in auspicious functions and religious rituals during Diwali, is also proving auspicious for farmers and traders. Due to the sudden demand for exports, the price of turmeric has seen a surge of about 20 percent in the last 10 days.

NCDEX, IMD sign MoU to develop India’s first weather derivatives

08-Jul-2025 - 0 Comments.

NCDEX and IMD sign MoU to launch weather derivatives in India, offering rainfall-based contracts for agri-traders, farmers, and other sectors.

Soybean prices in 'Red', sowing in 'Green': Options for farmers and futures for traders are necessary

07-Jul-2025 - 0 Comments.

Maharashtra farmers push to restart soybean futures as spot prices trail MSP; hedging options lacking despite increased sowing and record exports.

Sweet corn cultivation grows in Maharashtra

02-Jul-2025 - 0 Comments.

Farmers in Maharashtra turn to sweet corn, earning higher profits as demand surges and traders buy directly from their fields, boosting rural incomes.

Despite low guar prices, sowing expected to remain intact

23-Jun-2025 - 0 Comments.

Despite falling prices, guar sowing remains steady as traders explore futures and options strategies to secure returns amid low demand and monsoon onset.

Cotton Cake prices continue to rise as production decline

16-Jun-2025 - 0 Comments.

Cottonseed oil cake prices continue to surge due to falling production and a widening supply-demand gap. Explore why traders expect the bullish trend to continue in India's commodity markets.

Early monsoon rains slightly hit onion, tomato output

02-Jun-2025 - 0 Comments.

Early southwest monsoon and surplus May rains slightly impact onion and tomato crops in Maharashtra and Karnataka, say traders and experts.

Cotton slump despite crop decline: Time to trade safely

26-May-2025 - 0 Comments.

There was a time when the names of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh were attached to every thread of cotton and these states were intertwined with each other along with the yarn made from cotton. At one time, traders across the country used to take note of the cotton futures price of Surendranagar.

Punjab wheat procurement hits 129 LMT

15-May-2025 - 0 Comments.

As the wheat procurement season draws to a close in Punjab, the state has crossed its initial target, with a total of 129 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of wheat procured so far. Of this, 118 LMT has been bought by government procurement agencies and 10 LMT (8.23%) by private traders.

Turmeric slump during wartime: Hedging is the only safety net for traders

12-May-2025 - 0 Comments.

Commodity traders today face many challenges like earthquakes, rains, droughts, recessions, money crunch, and bankruptcy, and now new challenges like war and tariff wars have been added.

Guar complex slumps due to tariff war fears: Farmers who bought put options benefit

05-May-2025 - 0 Comments.

Everyone involved in business have dreams to earn more, everyone has the right to earn more, but traders should also remember that higher the profit has also an equal amount of risk. Farmers should be especially aware of this risk. Because their risk-taking capacity is limited.

Global turmeric conference eyes farmers and industry partnership

23-Sep-2023 - 0 Comments.

The city will witness its maiden Global Turmeric Conference on 27th September where Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), traders, processors, exporters, researchers and other stakeholders of turmeric ecosystem will come together to discuss various issues related to the crop.

IPGA urges govt to allay fear of traders about stock monitoring exercise

02-Jun-2021 - 0 Comments.

India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for the pulses trade and industry in India held a press conference to draw the attention of the government towards the effects on the trade following the instructions issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Bijak launches its online marketplace to create market linkages for agricultural commodity traders

28-Nov-2020 - 0 Comments.

After already being present in 22 states, leading Agri Commodity Trading startup ‘Bijak’ is expanding its operations in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The traders and suppliers of agricultural commodities in these states will be able to use Bijak’s online marketplace to discover verified buyers and sellers to trade over 90 commodities.

Over 1.67 crore farmers registered on e-NAM platform

19-Sep-2020 - 0 Comments.

As on 31 August 2020, a total of 1.67 crore farmers, 1.44 lakh traders and 83,958 commission agents and 1722 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) have been registered on e-NAM platform. A total trade value of INR 1,04,313 crore has been recorded on e-NAM platform, agriculture minister, Narendra Singh Tomar informed Rajya Sabha recently.

States supporting mango farmers to go online

09-May-2020 - 0 Comments.

With COVID 19 crisis hampering agricultural activities and extending lockdown have again make farmers difficult to reach markets and traders, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Telegana state governments have to come to the rescue.

Government sold 2.6 MT of fertilizer to farmers, traders during lockdown period

29-Apr-2020 - 0 Comments.

India’s chemicals and fertilizer ministry has sold a whopping 2.64 million tonnes during the lockdown period from 1-22 April 2020.

CMFRI launches project to develop online platform for fish marketing

22-Jul-2019 - 0 Comments.

In a major initiative that is beneficial to the fish producers, consumers, traders and processors in the country, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has launched a research project for developing an online platform in order to facilitate effective fish marketing systems

Sale of Rice Grade "A" under OMSS(D) through e-auction for bulk traders/consusmers in Uttarakhand region

28-Nov-2016 - 0 Comments.