Farmers across in states of Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and many others have turned to sowing of maize for Kharif crop 2019 season due to uneven and erratic rains in India. Low availability of Maize across country have India’s poultry Industry worried. Price of Maize has increased considerably from last year and due to delay in imports by state agencies is causing further increase in prices.
Government of India has decided to allocate import of 4 lakh tonnes of feed grade Maize under TRQ (Tariff Rate Quota) scheme. This additional import quota will have an impact on prices given increase in sown area of Maize in India from previous year.
Current prices of grains in India as on 16.08.2019
| Commodity | Mandi | Price (Per Quintal) |
| Wheat Cleaned | National | INR 2450 |
| Wheat Mill Quality Top | National | INR 2250 |
| Wheat Mill Quality Normal | National | INR 2150 |
| Wheat | Rajasthan | INR 1875 – INR 1945 |
| Wheat | Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand | INR 1850 – INR 1910 |
| Wheat | Punjab | INR 1950 – INR 1970 |
| Wheat | Gujarat | INR 1950 |
| Wheat Mill Quality | Gujarat | INR 2200 |
| Wheat Mill Quality (South India) | Chennai, Kerala, Tamil Nadu | INR 2400 – INR 2650 |
| Wheat Sharbati | Madhya Pradesh | INR 2750 – INR 2900 |
| Wheat | Madhya Pradesh | INR 2050 – INR 2100 |
| Wheat | West Bengal | INR 1900 – INR 2050 |
| Wheat MP Sharbati (Retail) | National | INR 3350 |
| Bajra | Gujarat | INR 2260 |
| Jowar White | Gujarat | INR 3300 – INR 3350 |
| Jowar White | Andhra Pradesh | INR 2500 |
| Jowar Red | Rajasthan | INR 2550 |
| Jowar Red | Maharashtra | INR 2200 |
| Jowar Red | Uttar Pradesh | INR 2050 |
| Jowar Red | Tamil Nadu | INR 2075 |
| Barley | Rajasthan | INR 1865 |
| Maize (Makka) | Gujarat | INR 2280 |
| Maize (Makka) Feed Quality | Bihar | INR 2000 |
| Maize (Makka) | Bihar | INR 2200 |
| Maize (Makka) Feed Quality | Punjab | INR 1900 – INR 1950 |
| Maize (Makka) | West Bengal | INR 2200 – INR 2250 |
| Maize (Makka) | Delhi | INR 2150 |
| Maize (Makka) | Maharashtra | INR 2300 – INR 2450 |