# Irregular rainfall impacts sowing of Rabi crops

> Irregular rainfall and a delayed monsoon withdrawal have slowed Indian Rabi sowing, with pulses area down 18% to 6.995 million hectares. Wheat sowing is slightly behind last year at 5.163 million hectares versus 5.428 million.

- Date: 2018-11-20 · published 2018-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62004-irregular-rainfall-impacts-sowing-of-rabi-crops
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lagging wheat plantings in India could tighten domestic supplies and modestly support wheat prices, though the area gap is small.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-27 | [Rainfall affects sowing in northern areas \| Peer 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67919-rainfall-affects-sowing-in-northern-areas-peer-2025.md) | +0.4% | +0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-10-23 | [Conab study analyzes the impact of rain on wheat crops - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13697-conab-study-analyzes-the-impact-of-rain-on-wheat-crops-revista-cultivar.md) | -0.6% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-30 | [Dryness impacting Argentine crops \| 2019-09-30  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56912-dryness-impacting-argentine-crops-2019-09-30-world-grain.md) | +0.6% | -1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-01-05 | [Poor show of northeast monsoon raises doubts over Rabi crops production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66953-poor-show-of-northeast-monsoon-raises-doubts-over-rabi-crops-production.md) | -0.2% | +3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-26 | [U.S. grains: Corn, soy fall as Midwest rains benefit crops - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45594-u-s-grains-corn-soy-fall-as-midwest-rains-benefit-crops-grainews.md) | +0.1% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- krishijagran.com: https://krishijagran.com/news/irregular-rainfall-impacts-sowing-of-rabi-crops/

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