The Soyabean Processors Association of India (SOPA) has revised upwards the crop estimates for kharif 2025 to 110.25 lakh tonnes, an increase of 4.6 per cent on higher yields in states such as Maharasthra and Rajasthan.
This upward crop estimate revision is despite a marginal decline in yields in Madhya Pradesh, the state with largest area under soyabean. In its first estimates, SOPA had estimated the kharif 2025 crop at 105.36 lakh tonnes.
In a statement on Tuesday, SOPA has estimated the cropped area during kharif 2025 at 112.139 lakh ha, marginally lower than its first estimate of 114.558 lakh ha. The latest acreage estimates are lower than the Government’s estimates of 123.10 lakh ha.
In MP, the production as per second or latest estimates is pegged at 43.24 lakh tonne (44.55 lakh tonne in first estimate). Yields were down at 889 kg per ha (916 kg per ha in first estimate), while the area was estimated at 48.640 lakh ha (48.642 lakh ha).
In Maharashtra, the soyabean output has been revised upwards sharply at 52.22 lakh tonnes (46.74 lakh tonnes) on higher yields of 1169 kg per ha (992 kg per ha) from an area of 44.68 lakh ha (47.09 lakh ha).
In Rajasthan, the soyabean production is revised upwards at 6.39 lakh tonnes (5.66 lakh tonnes) on higher yields of 705 kg per ha (625 kg per ha) from an acreage of 9.06 lakh ha.
SOPA executive director, D N Pathak said the latest revision in crop estimates is based on the extensive survey carried out in the three major soyabean producing states of MP, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
The survey was conducted by teams of SOPA over 6 days covering 3467 Kms and included interaction with farmers, FPO’s, soy processors, Government and private mandis, traders, brokers and stockists.
In other states like Telangana, Karnataka and Gujarat, SOPA’s second estimates are similar to that of earlier projections.
In Karnataka the production is estimated at 3.65 lakh tonnes. Yields were flat at 865 kg per ha and the acreages were flat at 4.22 lakh ha. In Telangana the output is estimated at 1.25 lakh tonnes with yields of 865 kg per ha from an area of 1.44 lakh ha. In Gujarat, the production was estimated at 2.42 lakh tonnes this kharif.
The latest estimate of kharif 2025 are still lower than last year’s production of 128.81 lakh tonnes, which was on account of higher yields and area.
Published on March 3, 2026