MoA&FW released first advanced estimates of kharif crop production for 2025-26

In November 2025, the Ministry of Agriculture and Family Welfare (MoA&FW) released the first advanced estimates of kharif crop production for 2025-26, recording an increase in total food grain production by 3.87 million tonnes (MT).

Key Highlights

Food grain Production: As per the first advanced estimates of food grains production, the production is expected to rise by 3.87 MT to 173.33 MT.

Kharif Production: India’s rice production during the 2025-26 kharif season that ended in October 2025 reached a record 124.504 MT, which is 1.732 MT more than the production of Kharif rice the previous year.

• The kharif maize production is estimated at 28.303 MT, up 3.495 MT from the previous kharif season.
• The first advance estimates project Kharif coarse cereals production at 41.414 MT.

Kharif Pulses: The total Kharif pulses production is estimated around 7.413 MT for 2025-26.

• Within this, production of tur (arhar) is estimated at 3.597 MT, urad at 1.205 MT, and moong at 1.720 MT.

Oilseed Production: The total Kharif oilseed production in the country is estimated at 27.563 MT for 2025-26.

• This includes peanut (groundnut) production at 11.093 MT, which is 0.681 MT more than last year, and soybean production estimated at 14.266 MT.

Other Production: Sugarcane production is estimated at 475.614 MT, showing an increase of 21.003 MT compared to last year.

• Cotton production is estimated at 29.215 million (mn) bales (each bale weighing 170 kilograms (kgs)), and production of Patson and Mesta is estimated at 8.345 mn bales.

About the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW):
Union Minister – Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Constituency – Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, MP)
Minister of State (MoS) – Ram Nath Thakur (Rajya Sabha Bihar); Bhagirath Choudhary (Constituency – Ajmer, Rajasthan)