Indian soybean futures were down on prospects of higher output after beneficial monsoon over the soybean-growing areas of the central India. Oil seed futures are likely to open slightly weaker in the next trading session. This kharif season soybean area declined in the MP and Maharashtra due to poor start of monsoon.
Coffee exports from Honduras, Central America's top coffee producer, rose 5.5 percent in August, the country's national coffee council IHCAFE said. Meanwhile, coffee shipments from Costa Rica, a producer in the region known for its high-quality bean, edged down nearly 3 percent, national coffee council ICAFE said.
After recording 92.8 mm of rain, Durg in Chhattisgarh topped the list of rainiest cities in India on Monday. According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, good showers will continue along the west coast. A low pressure area over Central India will bring good showers over this part of the country.
Here’s a look at our list of top ten rainiest cities in India on Monday:
| Cities | State | Rainfall (in millimeters) |
| Durg | Chhattisgarh | 93 |
| Madikeri | Karnataka | 78 |
| Pachmarhi | Madhya Pradesh | 75 |
| Deesa | Gujarat | 66 |
| Jharsuguda | Odisha | 62 |
| Jammu | Jammu & Kashmir | 56 |
| Sambalpur | Odisha | 54 |
| Seoni | Madhya Pradesh | 54 |
| Digha | West Bengal | 50 |
| Katra | Jammu & Kashmir | 48 |
After almost a ten day spell of break-Monsoon the system revived in the form of a cyclonic circulation in the Bay of Bengal, which gave good rain in Delhi, Central India, Parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Let’s take a look at the updates on Southwest Monsoon in India for the coming ten days-
3rd to 5th September
6th to 8th September
9th to 12th September
With the end of this ten day period, Monsoon is likely to commence withdrawal from Rajasthan.
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Thousands of people have been killed this year in bitter fighting between South Sudan’s army and rebel forces. Bentiu, capital of oil-rich Unity state, has changed hands several times but a ceasefire agreement is currently in place.
The UN plays a vital role in getting food to the 1.8 million people who have fled their homes since fighting broke out last December. It has established a relief camp, a shelter with about 45,000 people taking refuge in these camps.
As if man made problems were not enough for South Sudan, weather gods are also not being very kind to people in the region. With more than one country and agency willing to help Sudanese, weather gods are not relenting. For next one week frequent rain, showers with moderate to heavy spells are expected over South Sudan. This will seriously affect the relief operations due to wet and slushy conditions.
More than 6,000 families have been displaced as recent floods washed away more than 3000 homes in South Sudan. To add to the woes, moderate to heavy rain is expected in next five days that will worsen the situation for people trying hard for their survival in the flooded tents. Similarly, people seeking shelter in Juba are facing lots of problems due to weather.
Rain has submerged much of Juba and many of those who sought refuge inside its barbed-wire fences have been forced to sleep in muddy tents. Next five days are expected to bring heavy rain showers while the temperature would settle for less than 30°C.
Western Ghats and the Northeast are two pockets in the country that observe intense rain during the Monsoon season. The normal monthly rainfall runs into four digits at some of the station here, which is more than the seasonal rainfall for many of the places in the country.
June and July are the peaking months for these two pockets in terms of Monsoon rain, while August and September observe a decline. For instance, Kochi receives 403 mm of rain in August while in September it reduces to 280 mm. Similarly August rainfall for Mangalore is a whopping 787 mm and 292 mm for September.
Goa also observes 592 mm of rain in August. The number falls to just about half 256 mm in September. Mumbai record 530 mm in August, while in September the rainfall figure drops to 312 mm.
The number of rainy days also reduces sharply. Kochi observes 14 raniy days (2.5 mm of rain or above) in September as opposed to 20 during August. Goa observes 13 and Mumbai 14 against 24 and 21 in August respectively.
During September the Southwest Monsoon begins retreating and the withdrawal commences from West Rajasthan, from first week of September. Retreating of Monsoon from most parts of Western Ghats takes place in October and coincides with the onset of Northeast Monsoon. This is why good rain is observed at some coastal stations during October.
During September there is a marginal increase (about 1-2 degrees) in the day temperatures due to decrease in rain and absence of cloud cover. They however, remain close to a comfortable level of 30°C. There is not much change in the minimums which record close to 24°C.
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Though the country experienced only few rainy days in August, the spells were enough in Gujarat to bring down the rain deficiency left behind by minimal rain showers observed in June and July.
Monsoon in Gujarat
The agro intensive state of India, Gujarat, is highly dependent on monsoon rain as the winter rain here is negligible. While the state witness high seasonal variability during the monsoon season, intense inter-seasonal variability, the adjacent sub-divisions of Gujarat and Saurashtra & Kutch are also not far behind.
Monsoon 2014 for Gujarat
As the onset of monsoon this year has been dismal for the whole country, it was equally grave for the Gujarat state where Saurashtra & Kutch witnessed a rain deficiency of 74% and it was 91% for Gujarat. As the good rain showers approached during mid-July, the situation improved marginally as Gujarat received a rain surplus of 2% in July alone.
The cumulative rain for the monsoon season ending on July was 30% deficit for Gujarat and 36% deficit for Saurashtra & Kutch.
As August approached, the two adjacent sub-divisions began to exhibit contrasting rainfall pattern as Gujarat suffered a rain deficiency of 44% whereas Saurashtra & Kutch had normal rainfall of 19% for the month.
The cumulative rain for the season ending on August turned out to be 32% deficit for Gujarat and normal of -16% (± 19% considered normal) for Saurashtra & Kutch.
The situation is expected to improve further as September is expected to receive good rain showers. Saurashtra & Kutch has received heavy rain of 21 mm as against the daily expected rain of 3.6 mm on the first day of September. So while it is 483% above normal for Saurashtra & Kutch on 1st September, it has been 91% above normal for Gujarat on the same day.
As per the estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture, production of paddy in India has been pegged at 106 million tonnes for 2014-15. India has estimated 261 million tonnes of the food grain output during the 2014-15 fiscal year, according to Indian minister of state for agriculture and food processing industries.
Soybean sowing in the states including Andhra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat were recorded at 261,000 hectares, 295,000 hectares, 144,000 hectares and 67,600 hectares respectively, according to the SOPA. Indian soybean kharif cultivation has recorded a drop of nine per cent during 2014 at 10.90 million hectares.
European wheat edged lower in the wake of a fall on US markets and pressured by new signs of ample supplies, but concerns that the conflict in Ukraine could pose a threat to Black Sea exports continued to support prices, traders said. Wheat was 0.7 percent lower in profit taking ahead of the three-day Labour Day weekend.
