Local & Agriculture

USDA's 10 November 2026 WASDE cut the US corn yield to 179.6 bushels an acre, tightened soybean stocks and raised world wheat stocks.

Indian 5% broken parboiled rice fell to $382-386 a tonne in early November 2026, while Vietnam and Thailand neared two-year highs, leaving a $100-plus gap.

RBI has extended the supersession of Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank's board by a year from 24 November 2026; Administrator Satya Prakash Pathak stays in charge.

Rabi crops covered 108.66 lakh hectares by 6 November 2026, 17.21% behind last year, as the Centre readies a contingency plan for 225 dry districts.

Maharashtra's GR of 6 November 2026 lets about 70 lakh farmers hit by Digital Crop Survey app faults register kharif crops offline via the talathi.

By 3 November 2026, 1.37 crore apple boxes had reached markets from Himachal Pradesh, against 3.49 crore last year, after poor winter chill and hail.

Punjab bought a record 150 LMT of paddy and paid Rs 33,000 crore by 6 November 2026, but farmers and arhtiyas protest a halt in buying in some mandis.

Cyclone Murasu damaged crops on 1,43,122 hectares of 1,86,063 Andhra farmers; on 6 November 2026 CM Naidu sought interim aid for a Rs 1,919 crore loss.