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Unprecedented monsoon flooding in Punjab and Haryana has submerged much of India's basmati rice crop just before harvest. The article says officials describe the flooding as among the worst in decades.
It warns that global rice supplies and prices could tighten.
Crop losses in a major basmati exporter would cut export supply and could lift premium rice prices. The size of the loss determines how far prices move.
business.sherbrookerecord.comMarketMinuteMay 25, 2018After 179 past bullish weather events, Rough Rice moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (55% higher; middle half -1.4% to +2.5%), and +2.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
