The Soybean Processors Association of India has estimated 2017-18 (Oct-Sep) soybean output at 9.15 million tonne, down from 11.49 million tonne a year ago. Soybean production fell in the country primarily because of a decline in yield and low acreage in key growing states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The association pegged the yield in Madhya Pradesh this year at 905 kg per ha, down from 1,058 kg per ha a year ago. In Maharashtra, the yield was seen at 925 kg per ha against 1,102 kg per ha in the previous year. The oilseed’s production in Madhya Pradesh was estimated at 4.54 million tonne, down from 5.72 million tonne a year ago. Soybean crop in Maharashtra was pegged at 3.19 million tonne compared with 3.95 million tonne last year.