Crop Report
Telangana rabi sowing up 15.4% YoY as of Wed, maize area up 34%
This story was originally published at 12:49 IST on 11 April 2025
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MUMBAI – Sowing of rabi crops in Telangana was at 7.8 million acres (1 acre = 0.4 hectares) as of Wednesday, up 15.4% on year from 6.8 million acres a year ago, according to a report released by the state agriculture department. The state's normal acreage for the season is 6.4 million acres, the report said.
Maize acreage in the state rose nearly 34% to 886,785 acres from 664,180 acres a year ago, the report showed. The area under paddy rose to 5.8 million acres from 5.2 million acres, while jowar acreage was 356,288 acres, up from 231,426 acres a year ago.
The area under chana fell to 222,621 acres from 255,621 acres a year ago, according to the report. On the other hand, the acreage of black gram, or urad, rose to 54,533 acres from 35,602 acres. The total area under all pulses was 307,053 acres, down from 319,627 acres a year ago.
The total area under all oilseeds was 314,662 acres, up from 272,564 acres a year ago, the report showed. Under oilseeds, the acreage of groundnut rose to 251,018 acres from 209,817 acres.
Tobacco acreage so far rose to 18,783 acres from 9,902 acres a year ago, while the area under sugarcane rose to 16,882 acres from 4,525 acres.
Paddy is in the 'grain maturity' to harvesting stage, while the harvest of groundnut, sunflower, urad, chana, maize, jowar, and other crops is underway, the report said.
The water level in reservoirs across Telangana was 386.75 billion cubic metres as of Wednesday, compared with 246.31 billion cubic metres a year ago, according to the report. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Nishant Maher
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