Rabi Oilseeds

Mustard crop acreage rises 5% to 10 mn hectares in rabi season: SEA

Mustard crop acreage is estimated to have risen 5 per cent to over 100 lakh hectares in the rabi season of the 2023-24 crop year, according to industry data. In a statement, the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) said it has nominated RMSI Cropalytics Pvt Ltd for an all-India rape mustard crop survey. Mustard is an important oilseed. RMSI has submitted the third report based on remote sensing. As per the report, SEA said, "all-India mustard crop acreage was reported at 100.39 lakh hectares, which is 5 per cent more than last year's remote sensing-based estimate of 95.76 lakh hectares". Farmers in many districts in Gujarat and Rajasthan have opted for other crops instead of mustard due to lower price realisation. In Rajasthan, the acreage is estimated to have increased to 37,82,222 hectares in the rabi season of 2023-24 from 37,43,272 hectares in the previous year. Mustard acreage in Uttar Pradesh has grown to 17,76,025 hectares from 14,00,584 hectares, while in Madhya

Availability of seeds for rabi season 20.7% more than requirement: Agri Min

The availability of seeds for sowing in the 2023-24 rabi (winter) season for crops like wheat is estimated to be 159.03 lakh quintal, 20.70 per cent higher than the country's overall requirement, according to agriculture ministry data. The overall seeds requirement is estimated to be 131.75 lakh quintal for the 2023-24 rabi season. Sowing of rabi crops begins from October, while harvesting starts from March/April. Wheat is the main rabi crop. As per the ministry's data, the availability of wheat seeds is estimated to be 123.43 lakh quintal, as against the requirement of 102.63 lakh quintal for the rabi season of this year. The availability of sorghum would be 1.04 lakh quintal for the rabi season, as against the requirement of 0.74 lakh quintal. In case of rabi pulses, the availability of chickpea seeds would be 25.04 lakh quintal, as against the requirement of 21.38 lakh quintal, while the seeds supply of black gram would be 1.49 lakh quintal, as against 1.14 lakh quintal in the

India eyes record rapeseed crop as high prices prompt farmers to plant more

Higher rapeseed production could help India, the world's biggest importer of vegetable oils, cut expensive overseas purchases of cooking oils that cost the country a record $18.9 billion

Solvent Extractors Assn seeks release of 100 kg GM mustard for this rabi

Edible oil body plans sow the seeds in 200 out of the 1,000-odd model mustard farms that it plans to set up this season

Total acreage slightly up at 431,000 hectares till Oct 14 in Rabi season

Total area under coverage in the ongoing Rabi (winter-sown) season is marginally up at 4.31 lakh hectares so far, mainly due to an increase in acreage of oilseeds crop. In the year-ago period, the acreage stood at 4.21 lakh hectares. The sowing of wheat, a major Rabi crop, has not been reported till October 14 by any state. Sowing in Rabi season starts from October. Minor area of 0.87 lakh hectares coverage has been reported by Tamil Nadu only in rice, an official statement said on Thursday. The acreage of rice stood at 0.99 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. In case of pulses, 0.25 lakh hectares area has been sown so far this season as against 1.18 lakh hectares in the same period last year. Coarse cereals sowing area has risen to 0.38 lakh hectares from 0.22 lakh hectares. In case of oilseeds, about 2.81 lakh hectares area coverage has been reported so far by Uttar Pradesh (2.79 lakh hectares), Karnataka (0.01 lakh hectares) and Jammu & Kashmir (0.01 lakh hectares). Oilsee

Edible oil firms to buy seeds directly from empanelled farmers and APMCs

Large and mid-sized firms are likelt to save some costs using this mechanism, some of which will be passed on to farmers

Rabi oilseeds production estimates up by over 18%: SEA

Favourable weather and water availability in oilseeds growing regions may push rabi production by 18.53 per cent to 9.17 million tonnes, up from 7.74 million tonnes in the previous year, cites Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA) in its estimates. In order to assess kharif and rabi oilseed crop, SEA has also established a crop estimate committee with association's past president Govind Patel as its convener.According to SEA estimates, total area under rabi oilseeds has also gone up by 7.2 per cent to 9.19 million hectares in 2016-17, up from 8.57 million hectares in 2015-16. Overall yield too has improved from 903 kg per hectares to 998 kg during the period. "Monsoon was good that provided sufficient water at the oilseeds producing states like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan. As result sowing has increased in this rabi season," said B V Mehta, executive director of SEA.Among the various oilseeds, as per SEA data, ...