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A farmer plucks cotton from a field partially damaged by excessive rainfall in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district of the western state of Maharashtra, India.

Monsoon promise turns sour for India’s crops ruined by late downpours

Oct. 28, 2025 at 9:39 am CDT

Indian farmers’ hopes for bumper crops following this year’s abundant monsoon rains were dashed by heavy downpours just before harvest that damaged their fields.

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