# Pulses, Edible Oils And Paddy Acreage Down By 23%; Wheat Sowing May Drop By 59%

> The article reports that weak monsoon rainfall linked to El Niño cut Kharif crop acreage in India, with paddy area ultimately down 3% to 4%. It says wheat sowing could fall by as much as 59%, while mustard and chickpea acreage could decline by 38% to 40% as a strengthening El Niño threatens the Rabi season.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-09T15:17:43.559Z
- Category: weather · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/89775-pulses-edible-oils-and-paddy-acreage-down-by-23-wheat-sowing-may-drop-by-59
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced planted area could tighten Indian supplies of rice, wheat and edible oils, lending support to prices if yields or imports do not offset the shortfall.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- RICE: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2019-12-18 | [Not Only Onion Prices, Rice, Pulses, Edible Oil Will Cost More Because Of Untimely Floods](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55559-not-only-onion-prices-rice-pulses-edible-oil-will-cost-more-because-of-untimely.md) | +2.1% | +5.2% |
| RICE | 2023-04-27 | [Threat of El Niño looms, FAO prepares anticipatory actions with Members and partners](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36313-threat-of-el-nino-looms-fao-prepares-anticipatory-actions-with-members-and.md) | +4.7% | -1.9% |
| RICE | 2023-07-12 | [2023/53 “Rice Production and Food Security in Southeast Asia under Threat from El Niño” by Elyssa Ludher and Paul Teng – ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5209-2023-53-rice-production-and-food-security-in-southeast-asia-under-threat-from.md) | -18.7% | -17.1% |
| RICE | 2026-04-09 | [Rising Odds of Strong El Niño Point to Global Weather and Crop Impacts - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19631-rising-odds-of-strong-el-nino-point-to-global-weather-and-crop-impacts-bloomberg.md) | -1.4% | +6.9% |
| RICE | 2019-01-21 | [SunRice profit down 42pc despite global price gains – and ASX listing nears \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61167-sunrice-profit-down-42pc-despite-global-price-gains-and-asx-listing-nears-farm.md) | +0.9% | -7.2% |
| WHEAT | 2026-03-31 | [Wheat Prices Surge on US Drought and Planting Uncertainty](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20207-wheat-prices-surge-on-us-drought-and-planting-uncertainty.md) | -0.7% | +1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-22 | [Drought hampering Black Sea crop sowing sparks light in wheat prices
 \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51175-drought-hampering-black-sea-crop-sowing-sparks-light-in-wheat-prices-the-land.md) | +5.6% | +10.6% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-08 | [FEATURE: Rising wheat prices make pasta and bread expensive \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45097-feature-rising-wheat-prices-make-pasta-and-bread-expensive-s-and-p-global.md) | +2.2% | +5.0% |

## Sources

- etvbharat.com: https://www.etvbharat.com/en/bharat/pulses-edible-oils-and-paddy-acreage-down-by-23-percent-wheat-sowing-may-drop-by-59-percent-enn26110903864

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