Page 4 - Soybean

Centre starts procuring soybean at MSP

Gujarat govt also plans to do so for groundnut, cotton; prices slide with bumper harvest

Govt plans to raise soymeal exports

Sends six-member delegation to importing countries

Soybean output declines to lowest in 11 years

Scenario looks grim for this year's crop too, due to delay in monsoon rain; farmers await even distribution of rainfall to start sowing

Uneven rains, drought to impact soybean production

Production expected to be lower at 69.29 lakh tons than earlier estimate of 74 lakh tons in kharif season

Soybean area falls as farmers switch to pulses

Prices of soybeans have dropped 10% in the past two years, while the prices of pulses have nearly tripled over the same period