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Kharif sowing crosses 100 million hectares
Buoyed by a substantial 14 for every cent boost in planting of oilseeds and rice, the full spot underneath kharif crops so significantly crossed 1,000 lakh hectares (lh) already and is all set to clock a new history in full cropped spot. Kharif sowing knowledge released by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday explained a full of 1,016 lh has been planted so significantly, nearly nine for every cent far more than 936 lh sown in the corresponding week final calendar year. Rice is set to witness a history planting spot. Rice planting has already protected 352 lh, 14 for every cent far more than 309 lh planted in the identical…
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Cotton sowing crosses 50 lakh acres in Telangana
With the Point out recording copious monsoon rains, farmers in Telangana have done cotton sowing on over fifty lakh acres. The Point out targeted an region of sixty lakh acres to be underneath cotton this kharif time as it commenced the regulated cropping technique. As sowings are in complete swing, farmers and officials of the Agriculture Division are self-confident that the remaining ten lakh acres would be covered in the up coming couple of weeks. The press by the Point out authorities for certain crops mirrored in the quantities. The Point out recorded fifty.fourteen lakh acres in cotton sowing as versus 34.sixty six lakh acres the very same day last…
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Telangana to formulate Rice Policy as production crosses 1 crore tonne
With water from new initiatives these as Kaleshwaram augmenting irrigation resources in the State, Telangana’s paddy manufacturing has shot up to 1.05 crore tonnes this year from 66 lakh tonnes last year. Following year, the State expects to double the manufacturing to 2 crore tonnes as the paddy region is expected to touch the 70-lakh acre mark from forty seven lakh acres this year. To tap the bountiful output, the State is planning a Rice Policy, in which the job of millers and other stakeholders these as godown house proprietors is expected to assume importance. It will rope in millers to course of action the more paddy deliver and double…