# No water to sow, no respite at the grocery store: India's prolonged food inflation worry

> Reuters reports that a weak monsoon is delaying winter sowing for farmers in southern and western India, threatening yields of wheat, chickpeas and other crops. Prices of sugar, pulses, wheat, rice, onions, milk and poultry are rising, and the Reserve Bank of India may respond with rate hikes.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-03T09:15:25.976Z
- Category: weather · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/77469-no-water-to-sow-no-respite-at-the-grocery-store-india-s-prolonged-food
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Indian winter crop yields and rising poultry and dairy costs point to stronger domestic demand for imported feed grains and higher prices for chicken and milk products.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-01 | [Wheat Price Surge Threatens to Speed Up Food Inflation - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7314-wheat-price-surge-threatens-to-speed-up-food-inflation-tt.md) | +9.3% | +8.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-10-23 | [Wild weather sparking food inflation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5718-wild-weather-sparking-food-inflation.md) | -0.1% | -4.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-07-27 | [Does the El Niño Southern Oscillation Actually Matter for Food Security? – State of the Planet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63941-does-the-el-nino-southern-oscillation-actually-matter-for-food-security-state.md) | -1.3% | -1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-11 | [Drought bites in the east as ABARES forecasts 12pc cut to grain production - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62980-drought-bites-in-the-east-as-abares-forecasts-12pc-cut-to-grain-production-abc.md) | -7.4% | -7.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-30 | [India’s Below-Normal Monsoon Turns Regional Drought Into a National Monetary Policy Trap for RBI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19699-india-s-below-normal-monsoon-turns-regional-drought-into-a-national-monetary.md) | -3.2% | -0.6% |
| MILK | 2017-07-06 | [Food Prices Near 2-Year High Thanks to a Record Surge in Butter and Wheat - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6181-food-prices-near-2-year-high-thanks-to-a-record-surge-in-butter-and-wheat.md) | -0.3% | +5.2% |
| MILK | 2019-12-06 | [No sign of flush season this year, production of milk drops across Maharashtra \| Mumbai News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6375-no-sign-of-flush-season-this-year-production-of-milk-drops-across-maharashtra.md) | +0.3% | -12.4% |
| MILK | 2019-01-03 | [Tight margins, weather slow global milk production \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7674-tight-margins-weather-slow-global-milk-production-capital-press.md) | +1.7% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- economictimes.indiatimes.com: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/no-water-to-sow-no-respite-at-the-grocery-store-indias-prolonged-food-inflation-worry/articleshow/135485480.cms

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