Soil moisture deficiency may force re-sowing of maize, soyabean in some states

Even as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday declared that monsoon rains have covered the entire country, large parts of the country are still waiting for good spells of rain to save the crops in the field. Farmers have complained that the weather office’s short-term forecasts--issued for a fortnight—on which they based their decision to sow, were off the mark.