# Foodgrains production may fall 1%: Agri Min

> India's government estimates 2018-19 foodgrain output at 281.37 million tonnes, down 1% from the prior year despite record rice output. Coarse cereal and pulse production are expected to decline.

- Date: 2019-03-01 · published 2019-03-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60051-foodgrains-production-may-fall-1-agri-min
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Indian coarse grain and pulse output may reduce feed grain exports and raise import demand, modestly supportive for world coarse grain prices. Record rice output keeps rice supplies comfortable.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: neutral
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2017-03-08 | [India’s foodgrain production grows 8.1% in 2016-17](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71973-india-s-foodgrain-production-grows-8-1-in-2016-17.md) | +3.0% | +8.6% |
| RICE | 2018-05-16 | [Foodgrain production at record 279.5 million tonnes in 2017-18](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65004-foodgrain-production-at-record-279-5-million-tonnes-in-2017-18.md) | -1.2% | -3.2% |
| RICE | 2020-02-18 | [Foodgrain production set to touch a record high - The Hindu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54544-foodgrain-production-set-to-touch-a-record-high-the-hindu.md) | +0.3% | +2.1% |
| RICE | 2019-01-28 | [Record foodgrain production, procurement in 2018-19: Paswan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61067-record-foodgrain-production-procurement-in-2018-19-paswan.md) | -0.2% | -5.3% |
| RICE | 2026-09-17 | [IGC: Grain production falls but GOI prices rise \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9696-igc-grain-production-falls-but-goi-prices-rise-world-grain.md) | +3.0% | +9.0% |

## Sources

- dailypioneer.com: https://dailypioneer.com/business/foodgrains-production-may-fall-1---agri-min

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