Normal monsoon to support economic recovery; will agri commodity price rally continue in coming days?

The South West monsoon is essential for India. It delivers 70% of India’s rainfall and most Agricultural actions depend on it. Picture: Reuters

By NS Ramaswamy

At a time when the Second Covid wave is spreading throughout the nation, the excellent news is that each the IMD and personal climate forecaster Skymet have predicted that India is more likely to have a standard monsoon once more this 12 months. The South West monsoon is essential for India. It delivers 70% of India’s rainfall and most Agricultural actions depend on it. Additional, the Agriculture sector accounts for about 18% of India’s GDP and employs greater than half of the nation’s 1.39 billion inhabitants.

Final 12 months, Agriculture was the one sector that supported the Indian financial system whereas it recorded a stoop in manufacturing and different sectors, which had been badly hit, primarily as a consequence of a nationwide lockdown. Equally, we count on that this 12 months, regular rains will assist assist an financial restoration, which is going through new dangers from resurgence in Covid circumstances, throughout the second wave of the pandemic.

Supply: IMD, Skymet, Ventura Securities Ltd

Agricultural commodity costs recovered and outperformed in FY 2020-2021 supported by elements:
– World stimulus packages, weaker greenback and hostile climate patterns
– Decrease rates of interest by world central banks

Supply: Ticker plant, Ventura Securities Ltd

The desk above means that NCDEX/MCX Agri commodity costs outperformed primarily supported by higher fiscal coverage measures taken by world central banks and the RBI.
Many of the Agricultural commodity costs of Kharif (Count on Cotton) & Rabi Crops costs cooled down primarily as a consequence of South west monsoon (June to Sept) predicted by IMD to be ‘Regular’

Supply: Tickerplant, Ventura Securities Ltd

Supply: NCDEX, Ventura Securities Ltd

Transferring ahead, we count on Rabi commodity costs to start out the following leg of the rally after the height arrivals seasons. The rally might be primarily supported by the competition season, which lasts all via August to December.

Is the Agri Commodity value rally set to proceed within the coming days/months?

– Extra Rainfall in Central Area; a Hat-trick efficiency of commodity costs anticipated: In response to the IMD forecast, extra rainfall over 106% is probably going in Central India area which can impression the Kharif crops Cotton, Soybean and Sugar. This might harm or decrease the crop manufacturing and the commodity costs would possibly head northward.

– Larger crude oil costs could assist the Oil seeds complicated, Guar complicated and Sugar costs: Over the previous one month interval, Brent Crude Oil Costs had been buying and selling above USD 70/barrel. Principally, Oilseed complicated, Guar complicated, and Sugar value have a optimistic correlation with costs. Any additional improve in Crude oil value will gasoline these commodity costs to north.

– Larger MSP value will improve agri-prices: Cupboard Committee on Financial Affairs (CCEA) just lately accepted the next minimal assist value (MSP) for all mandated kharif crops for advertising season 2021-22. That is more likely to lead to increased agri-commodity costs.

– Speculative “web lengthy” in agricultural commodities is at historic highs.

– The second lockdown might disrupt the provision chain of Agri commodities and demand from trade: On account of APMC Markets and Mandi’s remaining closed as a consequence of lockdown, it’s more likely to create provide chain disruptions leading to a rise in demand for important commodities like Rice, Edible oil & Spices complicated (viz, Pepper & Turmeric) ; Demand from the cotton textile trade can be going to be impacted. We count on the economic utilization of commodities like maize & oil cake for poultry farming to go decrease.