Soybean re-sowing likely in parts of Vidarbha due to scanty rains.

Soybean and maize farmers in some pockets of Vidarbha, Maharashtra, may have to re-sow the crops, as the seeds sown in June have dried up due to scanty rains in the region. Soybean needs good spells of rain at the time of sowing and around 800-900 mm during the entire crop season. Soybean, maize, cotton and tur are the major kharif crops grown in Vidarbha. Temperatures are too high. Farmers who had sown soybean and maize have to prepare the land again for sowing new seeds.