As kharif harvest gains momentum, what's in store for crop prices?

As the Kharif harvest season intensifies, crop prices may see shifts driven by increased arrivals, inflation pressures, and recent govt interventions aimed at stabilising key agricultural commodities

With major Hindu festivals concluding, harvesting of kharif crops is expected to gather further steam over the next few weeks as farmers and labourers return to their fields.

 

Though harvesting of most crops started well before Diwali, October and November are usually considered the peak arrival time in mandis for kharif crops.

 

This is also the time when initial sowing of rabi crops starts in fields where early maturing varieties have already been harvested.

 

One of the most important factors that would determine how the rural economy performs in the remaining quarters of FY25 is how prices of major agricultural