INDORE, 08 October 2016 : Soybean crop in this kharif season have shown a sign of recovery as per the Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA) that has released the results of estimate production figures.
SOPA in a statement said, "Two teams of SOPA officials have conducted a survey of soybean crop in the three major soybean growing states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan to assess the crop condition and the findings of the survey are as under."
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
• This year monsoon arrived at right time and sowing was done between 15th June to 10th July.
• Crop was damaged in 5% to 10% low lying areas of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan due to water logging.
• In Maharashtra State, area increased by about 6%.
• Intercropping was seen in large tracts with red gram.
• Most popular sowing Varieties were JS.335, JS.9305 and JS.9560.
• Latur, Beed, Oshmanabad, Nanded, Hingoli and Parbhani Districts of Maharashtra suffered moisture stress initially affecting the productivity.
• In Khandwa, Burhanpur, Khargone, Barwani districts of Madhya Pradesh, there was no rainfall for 20 to 25 days initially and the crop suffered due to moisture stress, affecting productivity.
• In Guna, Ashoknagar, Vidisa, Hosangabad, Sagar, Damoh Districts of Madhya Pradesh, Soybean crop was damaged due to heavy rainfall causing water logging in low lying areas. This has affected the productivity.
• In Rajasthan, substantial area was seen converted to black gram, moong, maize etc. The government’s acreage number seems higher than actual.
• Due to continuous rains starting in later part of September, and still continuing, in Marathwada Region, there is heavy loss to crop and also seed quality will be affected.
MADHYA PRADESH
• In most of the area of Malwa region, JS 95-60 variety was sown which is an early variety. Soybean crop is in very good condition and production is also good in this region.
• In Nimar, Soybean crop has suffered by moisture stress because there was no rainfall during the flowering stage. This has affected the productivity adversely.
• In MP, seed quality may get affected in some areas because of continuous rains during the harvesting period.
• After sowing, heavy rainfall in Jabalpur, Rewa, Sagar Division and some other districts, badly damaged the crop due to water logging in low lying areas.
MAHARASHTRA
• In most of the Vidharbha region, Soybean crop is in good condition and productivity is also good.
• In Marathwada the soybean crop has suffered due to moisture stress because during the flowering stage, for about 20 to 25 days there was no rainfall. This has affected productivity adversely.
• Due to continuous rains during the harvesting period, the soybean Crop and Quality of seed is getting damaged and it will adversely affect the production.
• For entire Maharashtra, the area under soybean cultivation has been reduced by 10% from the figure given by the government to offset the area of intercropping.
RAJASTHAN
• Area under soybean cultivation has been reduced by 10% from the figure reported by the government because substantial area was seen converted to black gram, moong, maize etc. as compared to last year.
• Due to continuous rains after sowing, farmers could not spray the weedicide in the field, which has adversely affected the production.
OTHER STATES:
This year the area under Soybean in other states is 10.083 lakh hectares and estimated production is 7.791 lac tons. The Summary of Soybean Production Estimates for Kharif 2016 are as under:
Area in Lakh Ha. , Yield in Kg per Ha. , Production in Lakh MT
| S. No. | Division/ District | Kharif 2015 | Kharif 2016 | |||||
| Sowing | Yield | Production | Sowing Area | Yield | Production | |||
| GOV. | Satellite | |||||||
| 1 | Madhya Pradesh | 59.062 | 56.126 | 608 | 34.125 | 54.010 | 1034 | 55.863 |
| 2 | Maharashtra | 37.464 | 35.850 | 614 | 22.000 | 35.809 | 1007 | 36.060 |
| 3 | Rajasthan | 11.047 | 10.240 | 768 | 7.865 | 9.812 | 925 | 9.076 |
| 4 | Andhra Pradesh(Telangana) | 2.551 | 2.551 | 615 | 1.569 | 2.993 | 715 | 2.140 |
| 5 | Karnataka | 2.850 | 2.850 | 615 | 1.753 | 3.240 | 685 | 2.219 |
| 6 | Chattisgarh | 1.410 | 1.410 | 516 | 0.728 | 1.340 | 875 | 1.173 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 0.920 | 0.920 | 810 | 0.745 | 1.379 | 900 | 1.241 |
| 8 | Rest of India | 0.706 | 0.706 | 715 | 0.505 | 1.131 | 900 | 1.018 |
|
| All India | 116.010 | 110.653 | 626 | 69.288 | 109.714 | 992 | 108.789 |
