Agri Picks Report January 09 2025: Geojit Financial Services

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Farmers in Maharashtra have sown rabi crops over 6.1 million hectares as of Monday, up 20.1% on year from 5.1 million hectares sown in the same period last year, according to a release by the state agriculture government. The state has gone over nearly 13% of its targeted area, which is the average of the last five years, at 5.4 million hectares. Chana acreage in the state so far was 2.7 million hectares, up from 2.4 million hectares sown last year, the report showed. The total area sown under all pulses rose to 2.9 million hectares from 2.5 million hectares a year ago. The acreage under jowar as of Monday was 1.5 million hectares, up from 1.4 million hectares sown in the previous year, according to the report. The area sown under wheat rose to 1.2 million hectares from 840,506 hectares a year ago, while that of maize also rose to 451,733 hectares from 279,125 hectares a year ago. The total area sown under all oilseeds so far is 59,127 hectares, up from 57,924 hectares sown in the corresponding period last year. Under oilseeds, the acreage under safflower fell to 32,868 hectares from 38,812 hectares a year ago, the report showed. Rabi crops are sown after the southwest monsoon and harvested between January and April in the state. Besides chana, the major rabi crops grown in the state are wheat, jowar, barley, oats, chana, mustard, and peas. The water level in dams across Maharashtra was 75.4% of the live storage capacity as of Monday, compared with 60.3% a year ago, according to data from the state water resources department.

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