A file photo of farmer waiting for buyers at the APMC market in Kolar in Karnataka on July 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: Bhagya Prakash K The prices of tomatoes that had touched nearly ₹200 per kg in July have crashed to below ₹10 per kg in the Kolar and Kalasipalyam wholesale markets on September … Read more
Tomato prices aren’t likely to ease up any time soon. In fact, the current ₹150 a kg rate may seem like a bargain in some days, experts said, as heavy rain continues to lash Himachal Pradesh, preventing harvests and disrupting logistics. The Himachal crop was supporting supplies from Bengaluru, currently the main source of tomatoes … Read more
In a retail shop at J.P. Nagar, south Bengaluru, a customer settled for just two pieces of tomatoes when the vendor quoted ₹163 per kg. The vendor claimed to have bought at ₹145 per kg from a nearby wholesale market. | Photo Credit: File photo Bengaluru The prices of tomato, which has been spiralling up, has now … Read more
Tomato prices have doubled in the past week in most parts of the country to ₹80-120 per kg in the retail market, while wholesale prices have increased to ₹65-70 per kg from ₹30-35 per kg, following a sudden plunge in production. The output nosedived due to multiple factors such as high heat, delayed rainfall and … Read more
Sept. 23, 2022 — No matter how you slice it, a genetically engineered purple tomato just got one step closer to showing up in U.S. grocery stores. The U.K. company developing the new purple fruit has passed a first test with U.S. regulators, demonstrating that genetic changes to the tomatoes do not expose the plants … Read more
Retail tomato price on Friday shot up to Rs 75 per kilogram in the national capital while the rates in some parts of South India softened but were still high, according to government data. In Chennai, retail tomato price declined to Rs 63 per kg on Friday from the peak of Rs 100 per kg … Read more
Tomato prices in wholesale markets in most producing states have crashed to as low as Rs 4 per kg amid supply glut, government data showed. In fact, the wholesale prices of tomato in 23 growing centres out of 31 monitored by the government were down by 50 per cent from the year-ago period or below … Read more
NEW DELHI: Retail prices of tomato on Saturday skyrocketed to Rs 80-85 per kg in the national capital due to tight supply from growing areas, according to private traders. Tomato prices have been firm since June and were ruling in the range of Rs 50-60 per kg depending on the variety till last few weeks. … Read more