By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, Sept. 7 (CNS Canada) – India’s kharif crops (grown during the monsoon season and harvested in October and November) are expected to be down this harvest compared to last year. However, the trade says stockpiles are sufficient to meet food needs and will keep a lid on prices. Output of pulses is expected to decline, due mostly to reduced seeding. Floods in major growing areas and low rainfall in southern India are blamed.
Pravin Dongre, chair of the Indian Pulses and Grains Association said his group expected a decrease in kharif pulses by three to five per cent.
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The following are the crop conditions for dry, edible beans in top-producing areas of the United States, based on information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture:
– North Dakota: Crop condition dropped two per cent from a week ago with 52 per cent rated good to excellent and 20 per cent rated poor to very poor.
– Michigan: USDA rates 38 per cent of the crop as good to excellent and 34 per cent poor to very poor. Crop development is well behind normal with eight per cent dropping leaves.
– Minnesota: The crop is rated as 71 per cent good to excellent, with 63 per cent dropping leaves.
– Idaho: About 45 per cent of the crop has been harvested, ahead of the 29 per cent average.
