India, April 24 -- Most crops are being sold at prices lower than the minimum support price (MSP) fixed for the Rabi season 2026, making it difficult for farmers to recover their costs.

The latest weekly report of the Crop Weather Watch Group under the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare also said the wholesale price of 12 crops is less than the MSP. These 12 crops include wheat, maize, pigeon pea, gram, lentils, moong, urad, jowar, bajra, ragi, groundnut and sunflower.

Among coarse cereals being encouraged by the government, the prices of ragi, maize and bajra have fallen the most. Ragi is being sold at Rs 3,092 per quintal, 36.72 per cent less than its MSP of Rs 4,886 per quintal. Similarly, maize is being sold at Rs 1,6...