Geojit Financial Services's report on Daily Agri Picks
Sowing of rabi crops in Telangana was at 7.94 million acres (1 acre = 0.4 hectares) as of Wednesday, up 17.2% from 6.77 million acres a year ago, according to a report released by the state agriculture department. The state's normal acreage for the season is 6.4 million acres, the report said. Maize acreage rose nearly 36% on year to 911,475 acres from 669,830 acres a year ago. The area under paddy rose to 5.93 million acres from 5.20 million acres a year ago, the report showed. Similarly, the acreage of jowar was 364,903 acres, up from 237,804 acres a year ago. Chana acreage in the state was 222,756 acres, down from 238,509 acres a year ago, according to the report. On the other hand, the area under urad rose to 56,230 acres from 35,030 acres a year ago. The total area under all pulses rose to 310,528 acres from 303,806 acres a year ago. The total area sown under all oilseeds so far was 315,641 acres, up from 272,154 acres sown a year ago, the report showed. Under oilseeds, the acreage under groundnut rose to 251,115 acres from 202,638 acres. Paddy is in the "grain maturity" to harvesting stage, while the harvest of groundnut, sunflower, urad, chana, maize, jowar and other crops is in progress, the report said. The water level in reservoirs across Telangana was 374.27 billion cubic metres as of Wednesday, compared with 232.68 billion cubic metres a year ago, according to the report. Rabi crops are sown between October and December after the monsoon, and harvested between February and May. However, sowing started late this year because of delay in withdrawal of the southwest monsoon, which in turn delayed the harvest of kharif crops.
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