Worries About India Support Peas
PANAMA - Nov 29/15 - SNS -- International field pea markets maintained their firm tone through the past week against mounting doubts about rabi season pulse production on the Indian subcontinent.
Seeding of India's rabi season pulses has fallen behind last year. As of November 27, India's farmers have planted 9.09 million hectares of all types of pulses, down from 9.78 million at this time last year and below the recent five-year average of 9.93 million hectares.
Normally, 65% of all pulses which will be planted are in the ground by now, suggesting it is becoming increasingly unlikely that seeded area will be much greater than last year.
There are two reasons land in pulses and other rabi season crops has fallen behind last year. One is that kharif seeding was delayed in many areas, which resulted in a late harvest, which is preventing farmers from planting rabi season crops as quickly as normal.
The second issue is that after a second year of below normal monsoon rains, soil moisture reserves are depleted in many regions.
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