Kharif crops sown in 25% of planned area of 140.12L acres
The Hindu
Cotton is sown in 26L acres out of 34.35L acres sown so far
With the favourable weather conditions present in most parts of the State this monsoon season so far, the farming community has taken up sowing of kharif (vanakalam) crops in about 25% of the planned area so far with nearly 86% of the sown area covered by cotton crop. According to Minister for Agriculture S. Niranjan Reddy, kharif crops have been cultivated in about 34.35 lakh acres out of the 140.12 lakh acres planned for the season. Of the crops sown so far, cotton is sown in 26.05 lakh acres and redgram in 3.18 lakh acres. Among other crops, greengram is sown in about 50,000 acres, paddy in 96,000 acres, maize in about 1 lakh acres, vegetables in 87,000 acres and plantation, fruit and other horticultural crops in about 5.7 lakh acres.
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