We decided to carry out a study of the wheat crop in Vidisha district of MP in Nov 2020. The idea was to look at the crop on the ground as well as from satellite to see if size the crop and yields could be determined and advisories improved sensing moisture stress before it begins to develop . BKC’s FASAL SALAH App is in service of Vidisha farmers. Farmers get advisories based on variety sown, date of sowing, and weather forecast of their village. Farmers also send their crop pictures as prescribed. This App uses artificial intelligence for image processing of farmers sent pictures and crop modelling analytics which BKC has established for calculation of yield and the health of the crop well before the harvest. Farmers send the geo-located crop pictures through FASAL SALAH which helps monitor their crop growth in the different time scale for yield forecasting. This also helps to correlate the ground recorded vegetation indices with high-resolution satellite data (In this case S
BEARISH IN WHEAT AND HIKE IN MUSTARD MARKETS ENCOURAGING THE INDIAN FARMERS TO SHIFT TOWARDS MUSTARD CROP.
Domestic market update and future projection Wheat in Delhi Lawrence road offered at Rs. 1760 Vs Rs. 2225 per quintal in last year at same time and in Kota at 1870 per quintal Vs Rs. 2175 per quintal in 2019. Prices of wheat in Indore rose at Rs. 1810 per quintal comparatively to last few days as arrivals declined. A marginal rise in demand ahead of the festival season also supported prices. Arrivals are pegged at 800 bags (1 bag = 100 kg) compared with 1,000 bags. Prices increased in Jaipur, too (Rs.1780 per quintal), as arrivals fell slightly amid firm demand. In Jaipur, arrivals are pegged at 1,200 bags as against 1,400 bags. Arrivals of wheat are likely to fall steadily in the coming days as farmers and stockists have exhausted their inventories. Wheat prices are likely to rise further in the coming weeks as bulk buyers expect demand to increase during the festival season. Good wheat production in Australia will influence the India wheat trade and prices which are already bel