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India's Rice Area Grows On Higher Prices, Cotton Sowing Lags

Indian farmers have planted 39.8 million hectares (98.3 million acres) with rice, up 3.7% on the same period last year, farm ministry data showed, as recor...

Monsoon Covers Most Cane, Cotton, Soybean Fields in India

Monsoon rains have covered most parts of cane, cotton, and soybean fields in western India and some parts of rice-sowing areas in central and northern Indi...

Summer Crop Sowing Lags In India On Slow Monsoon Progress

Planting of summer-sown crops in India such as soybean, cotton, rice and corn has been delayed by at least two weeks because of the slow progress...

India's Monsoon Arrives Early To Give Boost To Thirsty Crops

The southwest monsoon that waters about half of India’s farmland arrived in the country slightly ahead of its normal schedule, giving a boost to farm...

Sugar Rally, Normal Monsoon Rain Seen Trimming India Imports

India may import less sugar than predicted three months ago after global prices surged to a four-year high and the first normal monsoon in three years boos...