Soybean Processors Association of India’s (SOPA) executive director D N Pathak has said that many farmers who cultivated maize in the last kharif season have returned to soybean farming due to better prices fetched by it, and its area of cultivation in the country may rise by up to 10 per cent in the current season if weather remains favourable. He also said crop production will depend on the distribution of rainfall during the next three months. Soybean was sown in 114.56 lakh hectares in the country during the 2025 kharif season, and its production was 105.36 lakh tonnes with an average yield of 920 kg per hectare.
Quoting its sowing survey, SOPA said that although soybean sowing started late this year due to delay in monsoon, the pace of sowing is picking up with the extension of rains in major producing states. According to the survey, soybean is estimated to be sown in about 29 lakh hectare area in the country by June 30, 2026. This includes 15.56 lakh hectares of area in Madhya Pradesh, 8.45 lakh hectares in Maharashtra and 3.50 lakh hectares in Rajasthan.
The survey said that after adequate rainfall in most parts of Madhya Pradesh, soybean sowing has intensified and the activity is expected to be completed in the entire potential area of the state by July 15. As per the survey, the pace of sowing in Maharashtra is relatively slow due to insufficient moisture in the soil, but it is likely to pick up within the next two weeks. Soybean sowing in Rajasthan has reached 35 to 40 per cent of the targeted area.
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