According to a survey conducted by Soybean Processors' Association (Sopa), 26 per cent of cultivable area in Madhya Pradesh was sown by June 30. Rain during the kharif sowing came in two spells, one in the June-end and the other before the second week of July. | |
| Sowing was done on 54 per cent of land after the rainfall in the first week of July. With no rain till the third week of July, the area under sowing began showing signs of moisture stress. But the situation has improved with subsequent spells of rain. |
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There has been scanty to heavy rainfall in the remaining of 15-20 per cent area under cultivation in the third week of July, after which sowing was done on 10 to 15 per cent area.
The scenario in madhya pradesh
Growth rates in % | | Crop condition | Crop condition in surveyed area in lakh hectare | % if crop
condition | Crop situation in sown area of MP in lakh hectares
(31/07/05) | | Excellent crop | 8.323 | 22 | 8.500 | | Good crop | 9.261 | 24 | 9.274 | | Average crop | 8.046 | 21 | 8.115 | | Below average crop | 3.567 | 33 | 12.751 | | Total | 29.197 | 100 | 38.640 |
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| In Madhya Pradesh, the estimated area under soybean cultivation is expected to be only 90 per cent compared to last year. And there hasn't been any shift to any other kharif crop in the unsown area. The earlier sown crop has been damaged due to continuous rains in Sagar and Rewa districts of Madhya Pradesh. |
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| In Maharashtra, however, the area under cultivation is likely to have risen by 7 per cent. With rains arriving later than usual, sowing was delayed. The sowing was estimated to cover 43 per cent by the end of June, and the remaining 49 per cent by the end of third week of July. About 8 per cent area was covered for soybean cultivation in the last week of July. |
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| In Rajasthan rains set in early but later tapered off, which saw soybean sowing finish in the third week of July. The cultivated area in Rajasthan has been about 6.574 lakh hectare this year-15 per cent higher than that of last year. |
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| In Andhra Pradesh, acreage has gone up to 1.310 lakh hectares against last year's 0.690 lakh hectare. |
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