soyabean: Progressive sowing of kharif soyabean stands at 26% of earlier 12 months’s complete acreage, says prime trade physique

Whereas the Authorities is but to launch any acreage information for soybean sowing this kharif season, we now have made a preliminary estimate. The realm sown as on date is 31.68 lakh hectares. Final 12 months, the whole space as per SOPA was 119.99 lakh hectares and the protection this 12 months as on date is 26.40% of final 12 months’s complete space,” stated SOPA in a media launch.

“The sowing window is open until mid-July so we aren’t fearful in regards to the tempo of sowing,” stated DN Pathak, govt director, SOPA. The full kharif acreage below soybean in 2021 kharif season was 120 lakh hectare, whereas this 12 months, the sowing as on date has been performed on 31.68 lakh hectares.

In second largest producer Maharashtra, soyabean sowing at 17.77 lakh hectares, stands at 40% of the whole acreage of the earlier 12 months. Soybean is a crucial oilseed crop for India, which closely will depend on imported cooking oil for its home necessities. It’s also an essential crop for poultry and cattle feed.

Sowing in Madhya Pradesh, the highest soybean producing state, has been accomplished on 17% of the whole space sown within the earlier 12 months. As towards 55.69 lakh hectare sown below soybean within the earlier 12 months, this 12 months, the as on date sowing has been accomplished on 9.53 lakh hectare space, stated SOPA. Sowing of this oilseed crop within the states of Rajasthan, Karnataka and Telengana stands at 20%, 24% and 25% respectively of the earlier 12 months’s complete space for the respective states.