Telangana rabi sowing up 2.6% on year as of Wed, maize up 45.3%
This story was originally published at 10:04 IST on 20 January 2025
Register to read our real-time news.Informist, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025
MUMBAI – The area under rabi crops in Telangana was up 2.6% on year as of Wednesday at 3.4 million acres, according to a report released by the state agriculture department. The normal acreage for the season in Telangana is 6.35 million acres (1 acre = 0.4 hectares), the report said. Maize acreage so far was 568,191 acres, up 45.3% on year from 391,143 acres a year ago.
The area under paddy was 2.1 million acres, down from 2.3 million acres a year ago, the report showed. On the other hand, the area under jowar rose to 133,145 acres from 88,020 acres a year ago.
Good rainfall in late September and early October led to optimal conditions for sowing of rabi crops, the report said. The state received 30% excess rainfall during the southwest monsoon season at 962.6 mm, compared with the normal of 738.6 mm, the report said.
As of Wednesday, chana acreage fell to 213,749 acres from 247,324 acres a year ago, according to the report. The area under black gram, or urad, rose to 40,570 acres from 28,164 acres. The total area under all pulses was 266,243 acres, down from 287,981 acres a year ago.
The total area in the state under all oilseeds was 239,839 acres, up from 219,750 acres a year ago. Under oilseeds, the acreage of groundnut rose to 221,010 acres from 192,478 acres a year ago, the report showed.
Tobacco acreage as of Wednesday rose to 10,171 acres from 5,811 acres a year ago.
Rabi crops in Telangana are sown between October and December after the monsoon rains are over, and harvested between February and May. This year, however, sowing started late because of delay in the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon, which in turn delayed the harvest of kharif crops. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Avishek Dutta
For users of real-time market data terminals, Informist news is available exclusively on the NSE Cogencis WorkStation.
Cogencis news is now Informist news. This follows the acquisition of Cogencis Information Services Ltd by NSE Data & Analytics Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. As a part of the transaction, the news department of Cogencis has been sold to Informist Media Pvt Ltd.
Informist Media Tel +91 (22) 6985-4000
Send comments to feedback@informistmedia.com
© Informist Media Pvt. Ltd. 2025. All rights reserved.
To read more please subscribe
Share this Story:
