Soybean Crop

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  Monsoon Rains 38% Above Average This Week, Says Weather Office

  Monsoon rains in India were above average in the week through Wednesday, the weather office said, as soybean and cotton growing parts of the country received heavy rainfall, damaging crops in some pockets.

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  Weak Monsoon Delays Cotton, Soybean Sowing In India

  Sowing of summer-sown crops such as soybean, cotton, corn and pulses has been delayed in India due to the slow progress of monsoon rains in central and western parts of the country, raising concerns over output, industry officials told Reuters.

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  Even Without A Drought, How Farmers in Madhya Pradesh Are Losing Their Crop

  While the farmers in states like Maharashtra and Karnataka are being punished with a drought-like situation, in the Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh, it is excessive rain that has destroyed huge swathes of soybean crop.

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  Dry Spell Wilts Crops, Stokes Food Inflation Concerns

  Farmers in the country run the risk of planting too much, too fast in the current monsoon season as an unexpected dry spell starts to wilt crops across the country, raising fears of lower yields and surging food prices in a mostly impoverished nation.

• Erratic Monsoon Rain Below Average in Past Week

  India's monsoon rainfall has been below average in the past week after running through a phase above average since early August which helped finish the last leg of sowing of main summer crops such as rice, corn, sugar cane, soybean and cotton.

• Monsoon rains pick up, cover almost half of India

  India's annual monsoon rains have covered almost half of the country, showing signs of a pick-up after falling short in the first 15 days of the season, weather officials said on Monday. The rebound eases concerns about the planting of summer-sown crops such as rice, corn, cane, cotton and soybean in a country that is a leading producer and consume...

• Monsoon arrives in Kerala

  The annual monsoon rains have arrived at Kerala's coast on Tuesday, a top weather official said, brightening the prospects of higher farm output as farmers can plant summer-sown crops such as rice, soybean and cotton on time.

• Monsoon rains to hit Kerala in two days

  Monsoon rains are likely to hit the southern Kerala coast in two days, a top weather official said on Monday, easing concerns about the onset delay threatening plantings of summer crops such as rice, soybean and cotton in the farm-dependent economy.

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  Farms of despair: Tur dal, soybean, paddy destroyed

  Madhya Pradesh is experiencing one of the worst droughts ever. Thirty eight of the 50 districts are drought hit.