The global brokerage expects rural demand to start picking up from October as the fresh harvest starts coming in
Total sown area as on August 27 stands at 5.34 million hectare as compared to 5.24 million hectare at this time in 2015
A strong recovery in the southwest monsoon in the first week of July, with showers being around 35% more than normal, seems to have helped
Farmers have sown pulses in 1.46 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing kharif season of the 2016-17 crop year