The Indian government said that due to the lack of rainfall in the central and northern regions of India, the progress of summer sowing has been lagging behind, causing the market to worry about the prospect of Indian food production and inflation.
According to the Indian Ministry of agriculture, as of July 16, Indian farmers had terminated 61.19 million hectares of summer crops, a year-on-year decrease of 11.6%. Indian farmers usually start planting summer crops on June 1, when monsoon rains usually begin to arrive in India. Summer grain sowing continued until early August.
The planting area of rice, the main summer crop, was 16.19 million hectares, down from 17.44 million hectares in the same period last year. The cotton planting area was 9.84 million hectares, up from 11.3 million hectares in the same period last year. The planting area of oilseeds, including soybeans, was 12.9 million hectares, down from 14.9 million hectares in the same period last year. Soybean acreage was 9.3 million hectares, compared with 10.6 million hectares in the same period last year.
Source: China Agricultural Information Network
Post time: Jul-23-2021