The sowing location throughout the week-ended August 8 was 63 lh, as versus 103 in the previous week.|Picture Credit: ARUN KULKARNI
Assisted by constant surplus rains in many parts of the nation after mid-June, farmers have actually covered over 90 percent of the regular location of about 1,097 lakh hectares (lh) up until now in the continuous kharif season, the Agriculture Ministry stated.
Professionals are expecting a regular yield, regardless of some reports of crop damage in some States. If there is excess rain throughout pre-harvest duration in September, standing crops might deal with the danger of illness.
The sowing location throughout the week-ended August 8 was 63 lh, as versus 103 in the previous week.
Urad up, arhar down
According to the most recent information launched by the Agriculture Ministry, total kharif sowing is 4 percent greater at 995.63 lh since August 8 versus 957.15 lh a year back. The season’s acreage is 5.1 percent greater since August 1. The India Meteorological Department information revealed that the monsoon rains was 6 percent greater than typical throughout June-July.
The location protection under kharif season’s primary cereal, paddy, was 364.8 lh versus 325.36 lh a year earlier, which is 12.1 percent greater while pulses acreage was a little greater at 106.68 lh from 106.52 lh a year back.
In the pulses classification, urad (black matpe) acreage reached 20.15 lh, up 1.2 percent from 19.91 lh and arhar (pigeon peas) location routed by 4.7 percent at 40.86 lh from 42.87 lh a year back. Moong (green gram) acreage was up by 2.7 per cent at 33.21 lh from 32.33 lh. The moong location was 90 percent up till July 11 and the lead has actually narrowed significantly in previous month.
The protection of nutri/coarse cereals was 178.73 lh versus 170.96 lh, up by 4.5 percent, with the maize location up by 10.5 percent at 91.89 lh from 83.15 lh. Shree Anna (millets) location was lower. Jowar (sorghum) acreage was down at 13.69 lh from 13.96 lh, while that of bajra (millet) was at 64.86 lh from 65.76 lh and ragi was at 4.41 lh from 4.15 lh.
No State-wise information
Oilseeds location dropped to 175.61 lh from 182.43 lh, down by 3.7 percent. Soyabean acreage too has actually slipped 3.8 percent to 119.51 lh from 124.24 lh which of groundnut acreage by 4.1 percent to 43.23 lh from 45.06 lh. Sunflower location is likewise lower at 0.61 lh versus 0.68 lh a year earlier.
Cotton acreage too dropped 3.2 percent to 106.96 lh from 110.49 lh. The Agriculture Ministry did not share statewise information of sowing locations and thus it can not be determined how the development has actually remained in various areas.
Sugarcane and jute planting has actually almost been finished, and provisionary information reveal walking cane location was 57.31 lh this year whereas jute protection is 5.54, information reveal.
The rainfall in between June 1 and August 11 was 545.6 mm versus its extended period average (LPA) of 543.9 mm. Throughout this duration, just the east and north-east India was 17 percent lacking, while south peninsula got 1 percent listed below typical rains. Main meteorological neighborhood making up Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat was 4 per cent surplus and north-west area making up Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh got 16 per cent above regular rains.
Released on August 11, 2025
