Agri Picks Report January 13, 2025: Geojit Financial Services

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Farmers in Andhra Pradesh have sown rabi crops across 1.2 million hectares as of Wednesday, up nearly 21% from 999,000 hectares a year ago, according to a release by the state agriculture department. Chana acreage in the state was 284,000 hectares, up 13.1% on year. The acreage of black gram, or urad, rose to 195,000 hectares from 163,000 hectares a year ago, the report showed. The total area under all pulses was 602,000 hectares, up from 477,000 hectares a year ago. In Andhra Pradesh, rabi crops are sown after the monsoon rains are over, and harvested between April and May. Paddy, maize, Bengal gram or desi chana, urad, and groundnut are the top rabi crops grown in Andhra Pradesh. The state has set a sowing target of 2.3 million hectares for the season, of which it has achieved 52.3% so far, the report showed. Paddy acreage as of Wednesday was 301,000 hectares, up from 252,000 hectares a year ago, according to the report. Similarly, the area under maize rose to 113,000 hectares from 80,000 hectares. On the other hand, the acreage of jowar fell to 53,000 hectares from 60,000 hectares a year ago. The total area under all oilseeds fell to 44,000 hectares from 59,000 hectares a year ago, the report showed. Under oilseeds, the acreage of groundnut in the state so far was 38,000 hectares, down from 48,000 hectares a year ago. Tobacco acreage rose to 90,000 hectares from 66,000 hectares, according to the report. Rabi paddy is at the 'nursery to transplantation stage', according to the report. Jowar, maize, chana, urad, moong, horse gram, groundnut, and tobacco are at the vegetative stage. Kharif crops such as tur are in the 'pod development to harvesting' stage, while sugarcane is in the 'cane development stage to harvesting stage', according to the report. The water level in reservoirs across the state was 70.9% of the live storage capacity as of Friday, compared to 36.7% a year ago, according to the state's water resources department.

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