Agri Picks Report February 19, 2024: Geojit

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Geojit's report on Agri Picks

Farmers in Gujarat have sown crops across 14,651 ha for the 2023-24 summer season as of Monday, according to data released by the state agriculture department. Last year, farmers in the state had not started sowing crops during this time. However, the normal acreage for the season, which is the average of the last three years, is 1.1 mln ha. Bajra, rice, sesamum and moong are the main crops grown in the state during summer. The area under bajra, the key crop grown during summer, was just 26 ha, while the normal area for the crop is 290,063 ha. Paddy was sown over 6,679 ha, while the normal area under the crop is 75,157 ha, the data showed. Paddy is the second major cereal grown in the state. Maize was sown over 841 ha, while the normal area is 6,322 ha. The total area under cereals was 7,546 ha, which is 1.7% of the normal acreage of 371,542 ha for the season. The pulses grown during the season are urad and moong. The acreage of pulses was at 1,032 ha, while the normal acreage is 79,978 ha. Moong was sown over 1,014 ha as of Monday, the data showed. The normal acreage for oilseeds is 167,769 ha, but it has been sown over 814 ha only as of Monday. Groundnut and sesamum are the main oilseed crops sown during the season. So far, groundnut has been sown over 406 ha and sesamum over 408 ha. The area under vegetables was 1,898 ha, while the normal acreage is 102,779 ha. Onions were sown over 130 ha and sugarcane over 1,396 ha, the data showed. • The area under rabi crops in Telangana was 6.08 mln acres (1 acre = 0.40 ha) as of Wednesday, 7.7% lower than 6.59 mln acres a year ago, according to data from the state government. The acreage so far accounts for 110.8% of the normal rabi crop area of 5.5 mln acres for the entire season, the data showed.The area under pulses fell 26% on year to 316,182 acres. Acreage of Bengal gram was down nearly 29% on year at 255,003 acres. The normal rabi acreage for pulses is 421,163 acres. Maize, Bengal gram, jowar, and groundnut are the main rabi crops grown in the state.The total area under major millets, which includes jowar, bajra, maize and ragi, rose to 813,656 acres from 728,826 acres a year ago, the data showed. Maize was sown over 603,981 acres, lower than 611,538 acres a year ago. The season's normal area for maize is 511,521 acres, and it covers the maximum area under major millets, as per data. Jowar, the second-major millet in the state, was sown over 207,603 acres, nearly 78.3% higher than 116,405 acres a year ago.Paddy sowing fell 9% on year to 4.63 mln acres. The season's normal acreage is 4.05 mln acres. The area under food grains fell 7.5% on year to 5.77 mln acres.Oilseed acreage was at 260,906 acres, down from 302,784 acres a year ago. Groundnuts accounted for 79.5% of the total oilseed acreage at 207,521 acres, down from 239,808 acres a year ago. The normal area for oilseeds in the season is 371,037 acres.Telangana received scanty rainfall at 0.2 mm in January, and so far, the cumulative rainfall in the year has been normal at 914 mm, the data showed. The water level in major reservoirs in the state as of Wednesday was 319.2 bln cu ft, down from 517.8 bln cu ft a year ago, according to government data.

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