First Food Grain Production Estimates The key production areas are likely to produce more grain this year as a result of the continuing good monsoon. The food grain production in the first half – summer harvest is expected to be 129.32 MMT, slightly higher than last year's (2012/13) 128.2 MMT.India's overall food grain production is expected to be up marginally by 0.9 percent compared with 2012/13. While rice production is expected to be down by 0.5 percent, corn production is estimated to be higher by 10.8 percent as the area sown has been much higher.Pulses production is expected to be higher by a meager 1.7 percent and the season accounts for 35 percent of the total pulses production in India. Market expectations were much higher as...
Key Takeaways: WPI’s new EU rapeseed crushing margin models point to weaker processing returns over the next four months due to higher rapeseed procurement costs and weaker product values. Statistical forecasts call for German crushing margins to decline from €181/MT to €...
Key Takeaways: The tariff burden rose sharply in 2025 and 2026: the effective rate on imports in HTS Chapters 1–24 increased from 1.53 percent in 2024 to 6.11 percent in 2025, before averaging 5.68 percent in January–August 2026. Headline rates tell only part of the story: exemptio...
Markets are getting into the Halloween spirit, handing out more tricks than treats. There has been some encouraging news, but it hasn’t been enough to slow the broader slide. Now buyers need to show up with something other than another “Charlie Brown” rock for the bag. Somethi...
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