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Agrochemical and seed maker Crystal Crop Protection seeks about Rs 456 crore in an IPO priced at Rs 259-272, open 18-20 November 2026.

Amul and Mother Dairy raised milk prices by Rs 2 to 4 a litre from 12 November 2026, citing higher costs and higher prices paid to dairy farmers.

Sudan lifted its 20-month ban on Kenyan tea by a ministerial order decided on 8 November 2026, reopening a market of about 35 million kg a year.

Bihar's agriculture department signed an MoU with India Post on 9 November 2026 to send seed, fertiliser and pesticide samples to labs via 9,673 post offices.

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.

India's mills made 12.85 lakh tonnes of sugar by 5 November 2026, about four times last year's pace, ISMA said; Maharashtra leads while Uttar Pradesh lags.

Uttar Pradesh aims to buy 65 lakh tonnes of paddy at Rs 2,441 a quintal by 28 February 2027, a drive expected to pay farmers over Rs 16,000 crore.

Belagavi's sugar mills will pay Rs 3,600 a tonne for cane with a profit-sharing formula, announced 5 November 2026; crushing to start 6 November as some protests go on.

Karnataka will pay drought-hit farmers up to Rs 5,000 each, Rs 2,500 before Diwali, CM D.K. Shivakumar said on 5 November 2026; it seeks Rs 22,400 crore from the Centre.

Nagarkurnool's Collector on 3 November 2026 told banks to restructure Rs 1,778 crore of farm loans, with a 12-month moratorium in 10 drought-hit mandals.

Haryana cane farmers meet at a mahapanchayat in Kurukshetra on 5 November 2026 to protest the Rs 430 a quintal state price; unions want Rs 600.

Rabi crops covered 37.56 lakh hectares by 30 October 2026 against 69.02 lakh a year ago, with wheat on just 19,000 hectares, ministry data showed.

Telangana's drought order for 365 mandals ties farmers' input subsidy to central NDRF funds; as of 3 November 2026 no central team had been sent, reports said.

Chhattisgarh adds 360 paddy buying centres, taking the total to 3,100, and will buy kharif paddy at Rs 3,100 a quintal from 15 November 2026.

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 2 November 2026 told officials to draw up a drought and cyclone strategy, speed rabi sowing and settle PMFBY claims faster.

Domestic tractor sales fell 13% at Mahindra and 10.9% at Escorts Kubota in October 2026, figures released November 1 show, as Diwali moved to November.

Odisha announced a Cyclone Arnab relief package on 1 November 2026, with input subsidies of Rs 8,500 to Rs 22,500 a hectare for farmers who lost 33% or more of their crop.

Coal India's supplies hit a record 70.3 million tonnes in October 2026, the first month above 70 MT, as output rose 19.3% to 67.2 MT, provisional data show.

A central team began touring Cyclone Arnab-hit Andhra districts on October 31, 2026; the state puts losses at Rs 4,764 crore and crop damage to 4.63 lakh farmers.

Paddy buying at MSP opens in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Lucknow division on 1 November 2026, at Rs 2,441 a quintal, and runs to 28 February 2027.

Punjab's government agencies had bought 101.96 lakh tonnes of paddy by 29 October 2026 and paid Rs 20,713 crore to 4.71 lakh farmers, against a 180 lakh tonne target.

A government factsheet of October 29, 2026 says MSP payments for six rabi crops rose to Rs 8.36 lakh crore in 2014-26, from Rs 2.65 lakh crore in 2004-14.

Haryana's CM announced a sugarcane price of Rs 430 a quintal for 2026-27 and Rs 450 for 2027-28, reported October 29, 2026; crushing starts November 1.

India has issued 11 crore AgriStack Farmer IDs, reaching the target on October 23, 2026, about five months before the March 2027 deadline, the agriculture ministry said.

Madhya Pradesh will give fisheries industry status and set up one lakh cage culture units, aiming for 10 lakh tonnes of fish in three years, CM Mohan Yadav said on Oct 23.

Wheat was sown on about 11,000 hectares by October 23, 2026, against 27,000 a year ago; total rabi area fell to 18.02 lakh hectares, ministry data shows.

Ahead of Cyclone Arnab's October 28 landfall near Yanam, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh told farmers to harvest mature paddy and protect harvested grain from rain.

Telangana CID arrested 14 rice millers on October 25, 2026, alleging they sold fine government paddy on the open market and supplied cheaper coarse rice instead.

Cotton procurement for 2026-27 has begun in Telangana with 133 CCI centres planned; in Adilabad private traders offered Rs 9,260 a quintal, above the Rs 8,667 MSP.

Gujarat officials said on October 23, 2026 that farmers have sold over 3.20 crore quintals of produce worth Rs 12,740.60 crore on eNAM across 144 mandis.

Bihar will buy paddy at the Rs 2,441 MSP from November 1, 2026 in north Bihar and November 15 in south Bihar through PACS and Vyapar Mandals.

ICRIER briefs reported on October 22, 2026 put India's 2026-27 fertiliser subsidy at up to Rs 3.32 lakh crore and recommend direct cash transfers to farmers.

Bengal's 2026 Durga Puja lifted big puja committees, malls and online sellers, while small committees and hawkers lagged, trade bodies said on October 17.

An FDA Class II recall of 4.3 million US toothpaste tubes, classified on October 19, 2026, traces to India's Pritam International and cites manufacturing lapses.

Ballari police registered an FIR on October 13, 2026 alleging over Rs 16.5 crore in cattle insurance and welfare funds for dairy farmers was diverted.

The Ministry of Cooperation issued MSCARO 2026 on October 14, a CARO-style audit reporting order for multi-state cooperatives, first for societies above Rs 1,000 crore.

Karnataka CM D.K. Shivakumar wrote to PM Modi on October 19, 2026 as sugarcane farmers' protests over cane prices kept mills in north Karnataka from starting crushing.

Himachal Pradesh has fixed subsidised wheat seed at Rs 33 a kg for rabi 2026, Rs 3 more than last year, ending a delay that held up distribution to farmers.

With ex-mill sugar up about Rs 1,000 a quintal in ten days, the Centre on October 16, 2026 let mills sell October output in October or November, above quota.

IMD said on October 15, 2026 the southwest monsoon had withdrawn from all of India and northeast monsoon rain had begun over Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and south Karnataka.

Tamil Nadu said on October 16, 2026 it will sell fine rice at Rs 30 a kg through Amudham and cooperative stores, releasing about 25,000 tonnes as open-market prices reach Rs 75-85.

After a review on October 14, 2026, UP is selling sugar at Rs 52 a kg from the cooperative mills' centre in Lucknow, and may extend the scheme to other cities.

NOAA said on October 15, 2026 a strengthening El Niño will likely last through spring 2027, as Indian states battle drought and the Centre trims its rabi grain target.

Drought-hit Latur in Maharashtra has ordered a contingency plan for drinking water and fodder until August 2027 after groundwater fell about 4.58 metres; 220 borewells and wells acquired.

Farmers in Sirsa, Karnal and Yamunanagar protested this week over paddy procurement, seeking a 20% moisture limit instead of 17% and full MSP of Rs 2,461 a quintal.