Bloomberg: India’s monsoon rainfall, the main source of irrigation for the nation’s 235 million farmers, was above average in most parts of the country, helping crops of rice, sugar cane and soybeans reeling from moisture stress. Excess rain over central, southern and northeastern regions the past week narrowed the deficit in the week ended Aug. 26 to 5 percent, said S. Kaur, director at the India Meteorological Department. Showers since June 1 were 25 percent below the long- period average, …