Rainfall 26 Percent Below Normal in India's Key Soybean Area Information released today by the India Meteorological Department indicated that the cumulative rainfall thus far in this monsoon season is 26 percent below normal in the key soybean growing region of central India. That is worse than last week, when rainfall through 11 July was only 22 percent below normal. The region includes the key soybean state of Madhya Pradesh. Rainfall in the eastern half of Madhya Pradesh thus far is 17 percent below normal, while it is 29 percent below normal in the western half of the state.Cumulative rainfall thus far during the current monsoon in northwestern India, which includes the key peanut producing state of Gujarat, is 39 percent below norma...