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- Markets, IndiaCotton yield reaches decade-high of 3,10,000 bales; domestic prices rise up to 25 per centCotton arrivals reached 310,000 bales, the highest in a decade according to the Cotton Association of India, as prices rose 25 per cent to Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 a quintal.
- Markets, IndiaThe sowing of rabi crops touched a new record of 67.5 million hectaresRabi sowing in India reached a record 67.5 million hectares, with wheat and mustard at record acreage and reservoirs holding 22% more water than the 10-year average.
- Markets, United KingdomUK cattle markets: understanding supply constraints and price dynamics in 2024-2025GB deadweight cattle prices hit a record 702p per kg in early May 2025 as cattle numbers fell, while some store prices rose over 40% and beef demand began to ease.
- Markets, United Kingdom4 surprising facts about how veganism is impacting farming: is it bad?Plant-based eating has grown in the UK, with record Veganuary sign-ups and rising oat milk sales, but its effect on meat and dairy farming has so far been limited.
- Markets, IndiaRise in sugar production up to threefold till November 15India produced 14.10 lakh tonnes of sugar by November 15 in the 2020-21 season, against 4.84 lakh tonnes a year earlier, helped by better cane output and earlier crushing.
- Markets, IndiaSkyrocketing potato prices likely to settle down next monthWholesale potato prices may reach Rs 40 a kg by Diwali and ease only when Uttar Pradesh's new crop arrives in early December, according to the UP cold storage association.
- Markets, IndiaGovernment’s paddy procurement at MSP has reached a new maximumPaddy procurement at MSP in kharif marketing season 2020-21 reached 116.66 lakh tonnes in under a month, 28.55% more than a year earlier, with Punjab supplying 75.11 lakh tonnes.
- Markets, IndiaA declining trend in the prices of wheat and riceRetail rice prices fell 1.78 per cent and wheat 2.18 per cent in the month to 16 August, which officials credited to record sales under the open market sale scheme.
- Markets, IndiaExport of basmati rice to Belgium and the Netherlands on the riseIndia's basmati exports to Belgium rose 60% and those to the Netherlands almost doubled in the first eight months of the financial year, lifting prices for farmers in Punjab and Haryana.