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Prabhudatta Mishra

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ARTICLES BY PRABHUDATTA MISHRA

Demand for rubber in India is being fuelled by the nation’s automobile industry, which uses 66% of the output, said Rajiv Budhraja, director general of the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association. Photo: Bloomberg

Cars returning to India roads seen driving record rubber imports

2 min read . 04 Aug 2015

While wet weather early in the season meant farmers increased crop sowing, prospects dimmed as rainfall tapered off earlier this month. Photo: Reuters

Farmer’s prayers heeded as monsoon defies El Nino danger

2 min read . 29 Jul 2015

China is importing less cotton, used to make everything from jeans to tee shirts, after inventories in the world’s largest user swelled. Photo: Bloomberg

Cotton stockpiles in India swell to record as China cuts imports

2 min read . 23 Jul 2015

Soybeans sown in the past two weeks need immediate rain in the next three to four days. Photo: AFP

Soybeans in India at risk as El Nino cripples monsoon rains

2 min read . 14 Jul 2015

While the IMD predicts rainfall at 88% of the 50-year average this year, Skymet says it will be 102%. Photo: Bloomberg

Don’t be a wet blanket on India’s monsoon, top forecaster says

2 min read . 26 Jun 2015

The decline in prices to the lowest since 2009 has forced the govt to subsidize exports and waive interest on bank loans to processors. Photo: Bloomberg

Sugar export from India seen doubling as bumper harvest looms

2 min read . 25 Jun 2015

Farmers depend on the monsoon, which accounts for more than 70% of rainfall, to grow crops, generate hydro-electricity and supply drinking water. Photo: PTI

El Nino threatens Narendra Modi inflation hopes by curbing monsoon deluge

3 min read . 25 Jun 2015

A better-than-expected start to the monsoon in an El Nino year has eased concerns of dry weather fuelling inflation in India, where food costs represent almost half of the consumer price index. Photo: HT

Monsoon, defying El Nino threat, boosts crops

2 min read . 19 Jun 2015

Production is set to drop as much as 17% to 80 million tonnes from a record 95.9 million tonnes a year earlier, said Pravin Dongre, chairman of the India pulses and grains association. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

India, second-biggest wheat grower, reaping smallest crop since 2008

2 min read . 28 May 2015

Unseasonal rains that destroyed crops and a push by Narendra Modi for a law to ease land acquisitions are adding to the discontent in rural India. Photo: PTI

Farmers see income gains vanish in Narendra Modi’s inflation war

4 min read . 22 May 2015

Output in the 12 months starting 1 October may match the 28 million tonnes estimated for this year, according to the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd. Photo: Mint

$3 billion of unpaid bills fails to deter sugar farmers in India

3 min read . 06 May 2015

Sugar mills owe about Rs20,100 crore ($3.18 billion) to farmers. Photo: Bloomberg

Govt raises import tax on sugar to 40% as global glut weakens prices

2 min read . 29 Apr 2015

Yields in Punjab, Haryana and western parts of UP may drop as much as 20% and the quality is poor, says Rajnikant Rai, COO of the agriculture business at ITC. Photo: Bharat Bhushan/Hindustan Times

Wheat crop in 2nd-biggest grower dropping most since 2003

2 min read . 23 Apr 2015

Rising supplies from India to Thailand threaten to widen a global surplus for a fifth year and pressure prices that have fallen 10% in New York this year. Photo: Bloomberg

Sugar production in India may surge to eight-year high on yields

1 min read . 17 Apr 2015

India’s state reserves of wheat may be 17.06 million tonnes on 1 April, government data show. Photo: Bloomberg

India’s wheat area damaged from hail, potentially curbing supply

1 min read . 25 Mar 2015

India’s wheat harvest may total 95.8 million tons in 2014-2015, near the record 95.9 million tons a year earlier, according to agriculture ministry data. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint (Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Wheat exports from India tumbling to 4-year low on glut

2 min read . 12 Mar 2015

The growing no-beef agenda threatens to disrupt an industry that expanded under secular governments that promoted agriculture in India, which saw farm exports grow faster than any other nation over the past decade. Photo: Reuters (Reuters)

India’s beef boom threatened as old tensions flare

5 min read . 10 Mar 2015

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US firms cut fracking investments, guar gum exporter Vikas takes a hit

4 min read . 11 Feb 2015

Surging Indian purchases may help trim palm oil inventories in Indonesia and Malaysia, the biggest producers, and extend a 21% rally in prices from a five-year low in September. Photo: Bloomberg

Cooking oil imports seen at records as crops shrink

2 min read . 16 Jan 2015

The agency seeks to support the prices paid to farmers for produce, provide subsidized grains to the poor and maintain buffer stocks. Photo: HT

Food Corporation of India in need of restructuring as corruption mars operations

3 min read . 05 Nov 2014