Crop Weather Report 07/01/2010

Turmeric
India
Dry and normal weather in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka will be beneficial for the matured turmeric crop.
Harvesting of turmeric in the major growing belt of Maharashtra & AndhraPradesh will commence from the mid of this month.

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International
Bangladesh
Harvesting of turmeric crop has been started.
Current dry weather will continue in the coming days which will facilitate the harvesting.

Sri Lanka
Harvesting of turmeric has started in Sri Lanka. Current dry weather will continue in the coming days which will facilitate the harvesting of the crop.



Castor
India
Harvesting & post harvest activities of castor crop continues in the states of Gujrat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Dry weather during last month in these areas has encouraged the harvesting & post harvest activities.
Harvesting of Castor crop in the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka has also been started and the current dry weather is favourable for harvesting activities.

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International
Brazil
Light rains in the region where Castor is grown are conducive for the crop which is already sown.

China
Harvesting & post harvest activities of castor crop is almost complete.
Light rainfall is expected in the southern part of the country.



Mung
India
Arrivals of mung bean have commenced from north-western part of India.
Current weather in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh will be beneficial for the mung crop.
Market arrivals have decreased whereas increase of about 280 Rs/quintal in the prices were noticed during last two days period.

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Cotton
Harvesting & post harvest activities of cotton crop continues in the north western parts of the country. Almost dry weather during last month facilitated the harvesting & post harvest activities.
Picking has started in Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Gujrat & Maharashtra. Dry conditions and sunshine is useful for boll opening and picking of early sown cotton crop.
Market arrivals have decreased whereas a nominal increase in the prices were noticed during last two days period.

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Crop Weather Report 06/01/2010

Coffee
India
Current dry weather in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerela continues in the next few days which will be beneficial for the coffee crop harvesting & post harvest activities.
In the lower elevation region in Karnataka,which grows arabica coffee,crop damage has been reported because of two-three inches of rainfall.

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International
Colombia
Heavy rainfall caused damage of coffee crop in most parts of the country. The production is likely to reduce more than 25% in the country.

Brazil
Above-average rainfall during flowering season is likely to reduce yield.



Pepper
Harvesting and post harvesting activities of pepper continues in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerela and south Karnataka.
Current dry weather is expected to continue in the coming days which will facilitate the harvesting & post harvest activities in these areas.
Market arrivals show a nominal increase whereas increase of about 750 Rs/quintal in prices were noticed during 4th to 5th Jan 2010.

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Barley
India
Rainfall received in the states of Madhya Pradesh, South Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh are beneficial for the late sown barley crop.
It is also beneficial for the early sown barley crop which is in flowering stages.
Drop in day and night time temperature in the northern states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar is conducive for the crop.
Market arrivals have decreased sharply whereas increase of about 55 Rs/quintal in prices were noticed during 4th to 5th Jan 2010.

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International
Argentina
Light rainfall in the northeastern part of the country caused some delay in harvesting activities.

Kazakhstan
Light rainfall in the southern part of the country is beneficial for the barley crop which is in growth stage.




Tea
India
Harvest and post harvest activities continues in the major growing belt of tea in Assam & Southern India.
Current dry weather is expected to continue in the coming days which will facilitate the harvesting & post harvest activities in the states of Tamilnadu, Karnataka & Kerala.
Earlier rains in December is conducive for higher yield in the above southern states.

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International
Sri lanka
Dry weather is expected to continue for the next few days.
Production of black tea in Srilanka is expected to be lower as compared to last year's around 318 million kg.

Crop Weather Forecast 05/01/2010

Arhar
India
Post harvesting activities of early maturing Arhar continues in the state of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Light rainfall in the states of east Uttar Pradesh,Bihar and Central India are conducive for the arhar crop which is in flowering stage.
Light irrigation and burning of straw to create smoke to safeguard against frost would be useful for the late maturing arhar crop.

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International
Burma
Harvesting and post harvesting activities of pigeon pea continues in Burma. The production of pigeon pea has dropped by 40% due to bad weather.


Mustard
India
Light rainfall in the states of Uttar Pradesh,Haryana,Punjab,Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will be conducive for the mustard crop which is in flowering and fruiting stages.
Post Harvest activities of early sown mustard has been completed.
Light rainfall in the states of Orissa and west Bengal are also conducive for the mustard crop which is in vegetative stage.

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International
Australia
Harvesting of Canola continues in the eastern and southern part of the country. Crop damage has been reported due to presence of blackleg.


Rice
India
Post harvesting activities of rice continues in the north-eastern states and Bihar.
Light scattered rainfall along with normal temperatures in the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kerela and Karnataka are conducive for the paddy crop which is in growth stages.

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International
USA
The total rice production in Mississippi suffered due to excessive rainfall in the planting season whereas California recorded harvest record on account of good weather and adequate rainfall.


Brazil
Heavy rain in Brazil's key rice-producing state has caused losses to local rice farmers.
Over half of the 240,000 hectares of flooded rice farms had not been planted yet. The region produces nearly two thirds of the total rice output in Brazil. The planting season has been extended.



Sesamum
India
Arrivals of sesame continues from the states of Gujrat,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Light scattered rainfall along with normal temperatures in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra is conducive for the sesamum crop which is in flowering and fruiting stages.

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Crop Weather Report 04/01/2010

Maize
India
Harvesting of maize crop continues in the state of Maharashtra,south Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Light rain in the states of Uttar Pradesh,Punjab, Haryana and parts of Assam brought relief for the winter maize crop as it may safeguard against frost damage.
According to the government sources,the arrivals of maize has reduced on 2nd January. However, slight increase was noticed in the prices.

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International
Kenya
Harvesting of Maize continues in Kenya. The production of maize is likely to reduce due to erratic rains in the long rainy season.

Brazil
Warm temperature and light rainfall will be beneficial for the corn crop which is in vegetative growth stage.




Chana
India
Light rainfall in the states of Punjab,Haryana,and parts of Uttar Pradesh are conducive for the chana crop which is in vegetative growth stage.
Normal day time temperature and low night temperature in the states of Maharashtra,Gujrat,Tamil Nadu are conducive for the chana crop which is in reproductive stage.
Scattered rainfall in Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka is beneficial for the chana crop which in reproductive stage.
Alert:- In next 3-4 days, temperatures are likely to fall which can lead to crop damage. Light irrigation will be required to safeguard against frost damage.

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International
Pakistan
Mild temperatures along with light scattered rainfall in parts of Punjab and Sindh are beneficial for the chana crop which is in vegetative stage.

Australia
Arrivals from Australia continues. Dry and warm weather in the western part of the country will facilitate harvesting.





Peas
India
Light rainfall in the states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh is conducive for the peas crop which is in flowering and fruiting stage.
Light rainfall in previous days along with normal temperature in the states of Bihar,West Bengal and Chattisgarh is conducive for the peas crop which is in flowering to development stages.
Crop need irrigation to safeguard against frost damage in northern India. Burning of straw will be required to avoid the frost damage as temperature is likely to go down further.

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Mung
India
Arrivals of mung bean have commenced from north-western part of India.
Light scattered rainfall in the states of Tamil Nadu,Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh will be beneficial for the mung crop which is in flowering and pod development stages.

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Wheat
India
Low temperature and mild rainfall in the states of Punjab,Haryana,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh and Bihar is conducive for early medium and late sown crop.
Low temperature and rainfall in the states of Madhya Pradesh,Gujrat,Maharashtra will be conducive for the durum wheat which is in reproductive phase.
Alert:-Irrigation is required to safeguard against severe frost damage.

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Sugarcane/Gur
India
Low temperature and rainfall is suitable for sugarcane in the states of Punjab,Haryana,Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Cloudy weather with high humidity will badly hamper the gur production as bagasse may not dry in the absence of proper sunlight which is used as burning fuel.
Scattered rainfall and low temperature in the states of Maharashtra,Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh is conducive for the long duration sugarcane crop.
Alert:- Light irrigation will be required to safeguard against frost damage.

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Crop Weather Report 01/01/2010

Tea
India
Arrivals continue from southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerela.
Light scattered rainfall in the states of Tamil Nadu,Kerela is beneficial for the tea crop. Rainfall in the state of Assam is also beneficial for the current cycle of tea.
Production of tea is likely to increase in the current season.

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International
Sri Lanka
Recent light to moderate rainfall in Sri Lanka is conducive for the tea plantation. Picking will commence from January.


Kenya
Tea production increased by 4-6% in the month of December due to moderate rainfall and warm weather.



Coffee
India
Arrivals of coffee continue from Karnataka,Tamil Nadu and Kerela. Light rainfall in the states of Kerela,Tamil Nadu and south Karnataka is beneficial for the coffee berries which is in maturing stages.

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International
Guatemala
Arrivals continue from Guatemala. Light rainfall and normal temperature favors healthy coffee plantation.

Mexico
Moderate rainfall along with warm temperatures in the coastal regions are beneficial for the plantation.


Cotton
India
Harvesting and post harvest activities of cotton is taking place in Maharashtra and Gujrat.
Arrivals of cotton continue from the states of Punjab,Haryana,Rajasthan,Gujrat and Maharashtra. Picking has started in the states of Karnataka,Andhra Pradesh and Tamil nadu.
Light rainfall along with normal temperature in the states of Tamil Nadu and south Karnataka are conducive for the long duration cotton crop.
Production is estimated to increase for the season 2009-10 despite less rainfall in the growing season.

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International
China
Crop damage due to below normal temperature and precipitation in the form of rainfall and snow has been reported from the country.


Brazil
Warm temperature and continued moisture from moderate to heavy rains benefited cotton crop which is in plantation stages.

Crop Weather Report 31/12/2009

Cardamom
India
Post harvesting of cardamom continues in the states of Kerela, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Farmers are expecting a good harvest for the season 2009-10.
The price of Indian cardamom are expected to rise by 50% due to decline in global production.

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International
Guatemala
Arrivals of cardamom continue from Guatemala. However. the production of cardamom has declined by 3000 tonnes in the year 2009-10.


Sri Lanka
Light scattered rainfall along with normal temperature is beneficial for cardamom which is in capsule development stage.




Barley
India
Light scattered rainfall along with mild day temperatures and low night temperatures in the states of Madhya Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh and Bihar is conducive for the barley crop which is in vegetative and reproductive stage.
Mild day time temperature and low night temperature in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu Kashmir are beneficial for the barley crop which is also in vegetative stage.

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International
Australia
Post harvesting activities continue in Australia. Production is likely to be higher for the season 2009-10 despite less rainfall in the barley producing regions.


Iraq
Normal day time temperatures and low night temperatures are conducive for the rain-fed barley crop which is in vegetative growth stage.




Rice
India
Harvesting of rice is almost completed in north-eastern states and Bihar.
Light scattered rainfall along with normal temperature in the states of Tamil Nadu,Kerela and south Karnataka will be conducive for the paddy crop which is in growth stages.

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International
USA
Rice production fell in the state of Texas due to severe drought. Fall in production was also reported from Louisiana due to late rains.

China
Below normal temperature in the eastern parts of the country delayed harvesting of paddy crop.



Sugarcane
India
Harvesting of sugarcane continues in the states of Haryana, Uttar Prasesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
Scattered rainfall in the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka will be beneficial for the standing sugarcane crop.
Ground frost due to low temperature in the states of Punjab, Haryana, & west Uttar Pradesh may affect the standing crop and need immediate irrigation.

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International
Brazil
Record crop of sugarcane expected in Brazil. The total sugarcane production for the year 2009-10 is expected to be 612.2 million tonnes,7% higher than the previous year.

Crop weather report 30/12/2009

Mustard

India

Mild day temperature and low night temperature in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana,Punjab,Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will be conducive for the October sown mustard crop which is in flowering and fruiting stages.

Harvesting and threshing of early sown mustard and toria crop is completed.

Mild temperature in the states of Orissa and west Bengal are also conducive for the mustard crop which is in vegetative stage.

Rapeseed and mustard have recorded an increase of 3% in area under cultivation.

According to the government sources,both arrivals and prices of mustard have increased in the major Indian mandi's.

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International

Australia

Dry weather in parts of Australia has encouraged harvesting activities. China has imposed ban on Australian canola due to presence of blackleg(Leptosphaeria maculans).

Canada

Harvesting of Canola continues at a slower pace. In the prairies,canola production dropped by 6.5% as a result of decline in harvest area.

Jeera

India

Normal day time temperatures and low night temperatures in the states of Gujrat and Maharashtra are conducive for the jeera crop which is in vegetative stages.

Above normal temperature in the state of Rajasthan is a concern for early sown jeera crop which is in vegetative stage. Fall in production is expected in the state of Gujrat due to adverse weather conditions.

As per the government sources,sharp increase was seen in the arrivals. However, marginal increase in prices were noticed.

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International

Turkey

Arrivals of Cumin seeds continue from Turkey. Light to moderate precipitation in the form of rainfall hampered harvesting process.

Chilli

India

Arrivals of Chillies continue smoothly from the states of Rajasthan,Gujrat and Punjab.

Harvesting activities continue in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

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International

China

Moderate to heavy precipitation in the form of snowfall in the northern and western region and in rainfall in southern and eastern region led to damage of chilli crop.

Pakistan

Post harvesting activities of chilli crop continues throughout the country.

Arhar

India

Dry weather in the states of Haryana, west Uttar Pradesh,Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh facilitated harvesting and threshing of early sown arhar crop.

Low temperature and rainfall in the parts of east Uttar Pradesh,Bihar and central India are conducive for the normal sown arhar crop which is in flowering and fruiting stage.

According to the government sources,a sharp decrease in arrivals was noticed. However, prices increased by Rs 500 per quintal.

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