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2024

July rains seen crucial as delayed monsoon worries farmers

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Delayed monsoon raises concerns over kharif crop cultivation, with only 10% of soyabean area sown in Madhya Pradesh. Farmers in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh await rains for paddy. Pulses traders are worried about tur and urad crops amid intense heatwave conditions with below-normal monsoon predicted by IMD. Good rains are needed by early July for crops to thrive. Government estimates show mixed output for tur and urad in kharif 2023.