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Trade body production will exceed country’s annual consumption

India received the lowest August rains since at least 1901, raising concerns about weaker crop output and the potential for more export restrictions following the nation's curbs on rice.

This summer, when the Japan Meteorological Agency panel pointed out "abnormal weather," the average temperature in Japan was 1.76 degrees higher than normal. The sea surface temperature near Japan was also at a record high, and the data confirmed that it was the hottest summer on both the ground and the sea. The intense heat that occurred one after another in various places also affected nighttime, and on the 125th of last month, Itoigawa City in Niigata Prefecture recorded the highest m...

GEORGE TOWN: The effective capacity of two main dams in Penang, the Teluk Bahang Dam and the Air Itam Dam here are currently at 50 per cent due to low rainfall in the area.

The city has been witnessing continuous moderate showers along with intense spells for the last two weeks across Mumbai, Thane and near-by regions owing to a cyclonic circulation.

Amid rising cost of fuel, fertilizer, farmers face lowest rainfall and hottest temperatures in 4 decades - Anadolu Agency

India is considering restriction on exports of 100% broken rice after the paddy area has been reduced by a lack of rainfall

As parts of rice producing states received low rainfall this season, rice output in India may suffer in the coming season. This may lead to a restricted rice export to manage its supply in the country

Floods, low rainfall and then fertiliser price hike -- the woes of farmers just won't stop. And now, they will have to bear the brunt of a sudden 42.5 percent rise in diesel cost, which is likely to make them spend an additional Tk 4,000 in irrigation for per hectare Boro production.

After a spell of extreme heat and scanty rain in the last two consecutive months, farmers across the country were expecting favourable weather for a good harvest of rain-fed Aman paddy, which accounts for 39 percent of total grain production.