Soyabean prices have crashed by close to 50% within a month in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, the top soyabean producing states of the country leading to farmers’ protests across the soyabean growing states.
Soybean
Soybean grows well in warm and moist climate.
A temperature of 26 to 30°C appears to be the optimum for most of the varieties.
Soil temperatures of 15.5°C or above favor rapid germination and vigorous seedling growth.
A lower temperature tends to delay the flowering.
In 2020, Brazil overtook the United States as the leading soybean producing country.
Production of soybean in India is dominated by Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh which contribute 89 per centof the total production.
MACS 1407
Indian scientists recently developed a new Soy Bean variety called the “MACS 1407”.
It is a high yielding varietythat gives 39 quintals per hectare.
The new variety takes only 104 days to mature and 43 days for 50% flowering.
The seeds have 41% protein and 19.81% oil content.
The stem of the new Soybean variety is thick. This provides higher pod insertion, which is, till seven centimetres.
It has good resistance for pod shaking. This makes it highly suitable for mechanical harvesting.
Their germinability is high.
The variety is best suited for the rain fed regions of North East India.
It is resistant to pestssuch as leaf miner, leaf roller, girdle beetle, stem fly, white fly, aphids and defoliators.
