SURVEY OF SOYBEAN CROP - KHARIF 2017

During the period from 14th to 20th August 2017, two teams of SOPA officials conducted an extensive field survey in 42 major soybean growing districts of three states Madhya Pradesh (23), Maharashtra (13) and Rajasthan (6), to assess the shift in area, crop condition, expected productivity, etc. Following are the major findings:

1. This year, monsoon arrived on time and the sowing of soybean was done during 10th June to 20th July, 2017. Overall, germination is satisfactory. In some areas, re-sowing had to be done because an extended dry spell.
2. It is estimated that area under soybean may decrease by about 6.4% over last year’s area estimate of SOPA. Estimate of area given by the government was higher than that of SOPA in 2016.
3. Over all condition of the Soybean crop in most of the areas is Normal. In some parts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, where light soil exists, Soybean crop has already been damaged due to moisture stress, which may affect the overall productivity adversely in these areas.
4. There is not much change in the area in Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
5. The extended dry spell caused attack of some pests and insects in some areas. Attack of white grub larva was seen in some districts of Madhya Pradesh. Normally this does not happen in black cotton soil but the dry spell caused this which led to total damage to the standing crop in a small area was reported.
6. No threat to crop by weeds was seen.
7. On the last two days of the survey team’s tour, welcome rains were reported from some areas of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, which will save the crop from further loss in yield.

SUMMARY - SOYBEAN CROP FIRST SURVEY KHARIF 2017

Area in Lakh Ha. , Yield in Kg per Ha. , Production in Lakh MT.

S. No.	States	Kharif 2016			Kharif 2017
		Sowing Area	Yield	Production	Sowing Area	Crop Condition & Sowing Area 2017 Kharif
						Very Poor Area	Fair Area	Good Area	Very Good Area
1	Madhya Pradesh	54.010	1058	57.168	47.950	5.386	28.486	8.139	5.939
2	Maharashtra	35.809	1102	39.456	37.942	6.701	19.742	6.775	4.723
3	Rajasthan	9.812	968	9.499	9.221	0.884	5.607	1.750	0.980
4	Telangana/AP	2.993	815	2.439	1.612	0.193	0.967	0.290	0.161
5	Karnataka	3.240	785	2.543	2.560	0.307	1.485	0.512	0.256
6	Chattisgarh	1.340	975	1.307	1.315	0.158	0.921	0.132	0.105
7	Gujarat	1.379	1005	1.386	1.249	0.150	0.762	0.212	0.125
8	Rest of India	1.131	980	1.108	0.741	0.089	0.467	0.111	0.074
	Grand Total	109.714	1047	114.907	102.590	13.868	58.437	17.921	12.364

  A detailed report of the field survey giving State-wise/Division-wise/District-wise area under soybean cultivation in Kharif 2017 is attached.