Heatwave hitting Indian poultry sector
Heatwave conditions in large parts of the country have hit the poultry sector hard, with prices of chicken crashing over the past weeks as...
Role of Millets in Animal Nutrition
Introduction
Two years ago, the UN General Assembly adopted India's resolution to declare 2023 as the International Year of Millets. It offers numerous benefits to...
A new era in poultry farming: Farmers opting for independent farms
Dr Uday Patel is a renowned veterinarian who completed his master's in animal Genetics and Breeding, and his first placement was with NDDB as...
Metallothionein: The Zinc Indicator
We are constantly surrounded by indicators. A typical traffic light that indicates red means to stop, green means to go and so on. In...
Commercial fodder processing – A game changer for the Indian dairy...
There have been discussions over fodder crises since 1985-86 which used to occur every year due to drought, flood, snowfall, etc. and fodder shortage...
FPO model adopted in Haryana to promote Shrimp Farming
Haryana has established a farmer producer organization (FPO) in Sirsa district with a foundation of 165 farmers to encourage prawn farming with the assistance...
Indian soyameal shipments to Vietnam, Nepal & Bangladesh
Exports of soymeal and value-added soya products were up by 110 percent for the first six months of the oil year 2022-23 starting October....
Israel invests in Indian novel biowaste-to-fish feed startup
Smart city Bhubaneswar seems on road to an innovative solution for its major challenge of sustainable waste disposal. A city-based startup Insectika Biotech Pvt...
India requires a quantum jump in Maize production to meet future...
India requires to increase maize production by 10 million tonnes (mt) over the next five years amid growing demand for ethanol production and to...
Improving on excellence – the new generation of grain cleaners
Uzwil (Switzerland), April 18, 2023 – Bühler announces the launch of the next generation of its TAS grain cleaning system, the TAS LAAC. Cleaning is...
Indian corn prices drop below support level but exports yet to...
Corn (maize) shipments from India, particularly to the South-East and Gulf region, are yet to pick up despite the cereal’s prices dropping below the...
Productivity 4.0 more environmentally-efficient. New laser and welding investments
Whilecommited to our mission of increasing the quality standards of our silos, we continue investing on start of the art manufacturingequipment by preservingourcore values...
Food security drives China to cut soymeal use in animal feed
BEIJING, April 14 (Reuters) - China's agriculture ministry issued a three-year action plan on Friday to reduce soymeal use in animal feed as it...
USDA estimated India’s wheat production at 108 million tonnes, below than...
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has estimated India’s wheat production at 108 million tonnes (mt), lower...
Aquaculture bill introduced by government amid din in Lok Sabha.
Members of the Opposition disrupted the Lok Sabha recently yet again over demands for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Adani issue...
India to continue the ban on wheat export
The Food Corporation of India’s Chairman and Managing Director Ashok K. Meena said the Centre would continue the ban on wheat export till it...
USGC Weekly Price Report 31 Mar 2023
USGC Weekly Price Report 31 Mar 2023
The prospective planting report for 2023 was released on 31 Mar 2023. Corn area expected to be up...
USGC Weekly Price Report 24 Mar 2023
USGC Weekly Price Report 24 Mar 2023
As China continues to buy corn from US, leading to some price rise. May USD 253.13/MT; Jul USD...
India approved the exports of 3.5 lakh tonnes broken rice to...
The Government has approved the export of 3.5 lakh tonnes (lt) of broken rice to Gambia and Senegal as a special consideration as shipments...
Millets – A game changer for Indian livestock sector
The deepening climate crisis and environmental stresses have heightened the need for crop diversification by promoting climate-smart crops. Acknowledging the role of millets in...
