From the input to the market: the decisions behind what is grown, sold and funded.
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October WASDE raises the US corn yield 2.7 bushels to 181.2 per acre and cuts India's 2026/27 rice exports to 24.00 million tonnes from 25.00 million. World rice stocks rise to 198.5 million tonnes.
NABARD's venture arm has INR 450 crore in commitments for Fund II, which targets a corpus of INR 1,500 crore including a green-shoe option, with NABARD as anchor investor.
SynTech India Regulatory Services will offer registration support, field studies and GLP study coordination to agrochemical, biological, plant nutrition and seed firms. Location and leadership were not disclosed.
Dealers registered 76,906 tractors in India in September 2026, up 13.75% on a year earlier but down 12.58% from August, according to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations.
Dealers may hold sugar for no more than 15 days and 1,000 quintals from 15 October to 30 November 2026. DGFT has also notified a 5,841 tonne EU export quota for 2026-27.
Mahindra's domestic tractor sales fell 23% to 50,208 units and Escorts Kubota's fell 16.2% to 14,911 in September 2026, though both are ahead for April to September.
The Cabinet set wheat at Rs 2,610 and rapeseed and mustard at Rs 6,613 per quintal for 2027-28, with the largest increases for safflower, mustard and lentil.
The dual-action product targets Oomycete diseases such as downy mildew and late blight. ADAMA has not disclosed pricing, launch states or Indian registration details.
Machine sales fell by around 5% to 113,498 units as JCB cited a 12% market contraction in India; it is spending £100 million on its Staffordshire headquarters and opening a Texas plant.
First Bridge India Growth Fund led the round. The Jaipur-based maker of power weeders and battery sprayers will expand domestic manufacturing and build dealers in southern India.
