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India's arabica harvest starts early amid dry weather

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Harvest of arabicas, the milder and premium coffee beans, has started in parts of Karnataka, the key producing region a bit early this year due to erratic weather conditions. Le... Read More


'Climate resilience is now central to IIHR breeding programme'

New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- The ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bengaluru, the premier horticulture research institute in the country recently celebrated its 60th Foundation Day. Ov... Read More


Indian cotton arrivals improve, while buyers turn cautious in easing market

New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Cotton arrivals have started improving from the 2026 kharif crop across various Indian states, but buyers remain cautious as global prices are easing, influencing the domestic p... Read More


High freight costs weigh on Indian poultry exports

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- India's poultry exports, which had come to a standstill during April-May this year due to the war in West Asia, are gradually recovering, even as abnormally high freight rates s... Read More


India's soybean imports may touch record high 1 mt in the current season on fall in domestic supply

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- India's soyabean imports for the oil year 2025-26 ending September are likely to be at an all-time high, touching about a million tonnes, driven by a shortfall in domestic suppl... Read More


Livestock product exports up 44% in April-August

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- India's exports of livestock products registered a 44 per cent growth to over $3.132 billion during April-August of the current financial year, driven by strong demand for buffa... Read More


Livestock feed makers see rising competition for maize from ethanol producers

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The talk of likely curbs over using sugarcane to manufacture ethanol has raised concerns among the livestock feed makers, who fear increased competition for maize going ahead fr... Read More


Govt may allow private investment in veterniary education

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- In a bid to meet the growing demand for veterinary professionals in the country, the government proposes to allow private sector in the veterinary education. There is a huge ga... Read More


IIHR push to reduce India's dependence on imports of fruits and vegetables

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The rising import dependence of fruits and vegetables, witnessed in the past few years should start coming down over the next 4-5 years, said Tusar Kanti Behera, director ICAR-I... Read More


India's soyabean output seen lower at 9.6 mt on weak rains, reduced area, says USDA

New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- USDA Post has cut the forecast for Indian soyabean output by 8 per cent to 9.6 million tonnes for the 2026-27 season from its earlier estimate of 10.4 million tonnes, citing erra... Read More