# How Super El Niño could hit Telangana's rural milk production

> Telangana produced 59.35 lakh tonnes of milk in 2024-25 and targeted 61.75 lakh tonnes for 2025-26. The state's chief minister warned in October 2026 that El Niño-linked drought could last 8–10 months, and he has urged farmers to stall paddy cultivation, reducing fodder availability.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-12T15:15:59.305Z
- Category: weather · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/95735-how-super-el-nino-could-hit-telangana-s-rural-milk-production
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Green fodder is already in structural deficit of about 62 percent, so drought-driven shortfalls will tighten concentrate and feed demand in rural India and may lift dairy feed costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-10-12 | [Argentina’s soy production grows under super El Niño \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13772-argentina-s-soy-production-grows-under-super-el-nino-world-grain.md) | -1.1% | — |
| CORN | 2017-06-26 | [China's Production and Stocks Could Continue Lower](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70355-china-s-production-and-stocks-could-continue-lower.md) | +3.2% | +4.3% |
| CORN | 2026-09-04 | [Will a ‘Super’ El Niño Impact the Weather and Food Production in 2026? - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17398-will-a-super-el-nino-impact-the-weather-and-food-production-in-2026-bloomberg.md) | +0.5% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2026-06-08 | [Agricultural production threatened by combination of El Niño and high input prices - Joint Research Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18726-agricultural-production-threatened-by-combination-of-el-nino-and-high-input.md) | -0.9% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2019-06-15 | [Weak El Niño could continue through summer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58502-weak-el-nino-could-continue-through-summer.md) | -0.8% | -0.8% |
| RICE | 2018-04-05 | [Weather phenomena like El Nino affect up to two-thirds of world's harvests - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65445-weather-phenomena-like-el-nino-affect-up-to-two-thirds-of-world-s-harvests.md) | +3.1% | +2.7% |
| RICE | 2018-12-03 | [Weak El Nino conditions developing in the Pacific this winter: IMD - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61503-weak-el-nino-conditions-developing-in-the-pacific-this-winter-imd-the.md) | -2.0% | -7.3% |
| RICE | 2018-10-22 | [Managing El Niño And La Niña In Lao Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62469-managing-el-nino-and-la-nina-in-lao-agriculture.md) | -2.8% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- thesouthfirst.com: https://thesouthfirst.com/opinion/how-super-el-nino-could-hit-telanganas-rural-milk-production/

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