MUMBAI (Commoditiescontrol) – India soybean acreage likely to drop 3 percent this season compared to last years, according to The Soybean Processors Association of India.
This year monsoon arrival was timely and farmers completed soybean sowing between June 15 to July 10. Overall germination is good. In some areas 5 to 10 percent re-sowing has been done, said the trade body in a release.
Sowing is almost complete, except in some places, where farmers may have to do re-sowing.
During post survey period of SOPA, there are reports from all corners of Madhya Pradesh, largest soybean producer in the country, that persistent heavy rains and floods have damaged soybean crop as well as other crops. These weather aberrations may lead to failure of soybean crop in some areas having poor surface drainage and situations of re-sowing of other alternate crops may arise. This may also adversely affect the productivity and production of soybean in the state.
Farmers in Madhya Pradesh has diverted to Urad, Maize, Red Gram, Sorghum and Paddy due to relatively poor
productivity of soybean during previous 3 years for various reasons. The districts where decrease has been noticed are Betul, Hoshangabad, Guna, Harda, Khandwa, Khargone, Badwani, Burhanpur, Ashoknagar, Raisen, Vidisha,Bhopal, Rajgarh, Narsinghpur, Sagar and Damoh.
Soybean area is likely to decrease by 10 to 20 percent and converted to Urad, Moong and Maize in Wardha, Nagpur and Chandrapur and some parts of Nanded districts.
In Akola, Buldhana, Yavatmal, Washim, Amravati and Hingoli districts, area under Soybean is likely to increase by 10 to 20 percent as compared to last year and converted from cotton to Soybean, due to timely sowing and high cost of cultivation and less market price of cotton.
Soybean in Rajasthan is expected to drop by about 5 to 7 percent over last year. Urad and Maize are the major gainers from soybean.
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(By Commoditiescontrol Bureau; +91-22-40015533)
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