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Festival to showcase India’s coffee ecosystem in Bengaluru this week
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (247+ words) Hamsini Appadurai, President, Specialty Coffee Association of India (SCAI), Kurma Rao M, CEO & Secretary, Coffee Board, Shrikant Rao, Director, Bayar's Coffee, D M Purnesh, Member SCAI at a press conference in Bengaluru on Monday The three-day India International Coffee Festival…...
Maharashtra sugar mills crush 906.56 lt sugarcane
4+ hour, 58+ min ago (356+ words) Sugar mills across Maharashtra have crushed 906.56 lakh tonnes (lt) of sugarcane in the ongoing 202526 crushing season up to February 8, 2026, a substantial increase compared with the same period last year, according to the State's latest cane crushing report by the Sugar…...
Agri sector sees more hopethan fear in Indo-US trade deal
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (370+ words) Coffee exporters have perked up, tea shippers hope to cash in on the low duty advantage, spices shippers smell good times, while seafood exporters hope for a big catch as the impact of the India-US trade deal sinks in among…...
DDGS imports from US may weigh on maize, soybean prices
7+ hour, 28+ min ago (425+ words) The move to allow imports of DDGS (Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles) as part of the India-US trade deal will likely weigh on prices of maize, soybean, soymeal and rapeseed meal among others, trade sources said. DDGS is a by-product…...
India may cap apple imports from US below 1 lakh tonnes at concessional 25% duty
8+ hour, 1+ min ago (637+ words) India is likely to allow import of a maximum volume of 1 lakh tonnes of apples per year from the US at a concessional duty of 25 per cent. This will likely reduce share of other countries like Iran and Egypt while…...
IMMA’s summit seeks centralised licensing data stack
8+ hour, 2+ min ago (348+ words) IMMA recognises progressive farmers from across the country for crop-specific excellence and innovation. The National Crop Nutrition Summit organised by Indian Micro-Fertilizers Manufacturers" Association (IMMA) has renewed the call for "One Nation, One License" using a centralised data stack of…...
Zero-duty access to US market set to give Indian tea exporters advantage over China
8+ hour, 34+ min ago (294+ words) As Indian teas are set to get zero-duty access to the US market under the interim trade agreement framework, it would give the country's exporters of the brew a duty advantage over China in the US and provide an enhanced…...
US deal likely to cheer up Indian coffee exports
8+ hour, 48+ min ago (335+ words) The US trade deal is seen positive for the Indian coffee exports with shipments of speciality coffees likely to rebound and instant coffees set to make further inroads into the US market with the duty being reduced to zero from…...
CMFRI achieves captive breeding of threatened mangrove clam
8+ hour, 58+ min ago (291+ words) Scientists from CMFRI's Mariculture Division successfully induced spawning of the mangrove clam and completed its full embryonic and larval development under controlled hatchery conditions. Successful spat settlement was recorded from the 18th day after spawning, marking a crucial milestone in the…...
Seafood exporters hope to recoup US market after tariff reduction
9+ hour, 10+ min ago (248+ words) India's marine products exports to the US are expected to regain the market following the trade deal and the reduction of tariff to 18 per cent. Officials at the Seafood Exporters Association of India said that the quantum of exports of…...