Kharif acreage jumps to 966 lha
Kharif planting is all established for a new report with sown place less than lots of crops together with significant oilseeds and cotton exceeding the usual place. According to kharif sowing information introduced by Agriculture Ministry on Friday, a total of 966 lakh hectares (lh) ended up planted till date, almost ten per cent much more than 878 lh sown in the corresponding 7 days previous calendar year.
Nevertheless there is almost two months still left in the period, crops these types of as soyabean, cotton, maize and groundnut presently surpassed the usual sown place. As in opposition to the specified place of one hundred ten lh, soyabean is sown over 118 lh so significantly. Equally, cotton has coated 123.64 lh as in opposition to the usual place of 121 lh. The place sown in the exact same 7 days previous calendar year was 118.73 lh.
At 47.29 lh, groundnut