Crop Report
Telangana rabi sowing up 18% on year as of Wed, maize rises 36%
This story was originally published at 14:20 IST on 8 May 2025
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MUMBAI – Sowing of rabi crops in Telangana reached 7.99 million acres (1 acre = 0.4 hectares) as of Wednesday, up 18% from 6.77 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 rose over 36% on year to 913,411 acres.
The area under paddy rose to nearly 6 million acres from 5.2 million acres a year ago, the report showed. The acreage of jowar was 367,440 acres, up from 237,804 acres.
Chana acreage in the state fell to 222,772 acres from 238,509 acres a year ago. On the other hand, the acreage of black gram, or urad dal, rose to 56,273 acres from 35,030 acres last year. The total area under all pulses was 310,738 acres, up from 303,806 acres a year ago, according to the report.
The total area under all oilseeds expanded to 315,719 acres from 272,154 acres, the report showed. Under oilseeds, the acreage of groundnut rose to 251,115 acres from 202,638 acres.
According to the report, tobacco acreage in the state so far rose to 19,132 acres from 10,099 acres a year ago, while that of sugarcane was up at 17,195 acres from 6,138 acres a year ago.
Paddy is in the "grain maturity" to harvesting stage, while the harvest of groundnut, sunflower, urad, chana, maize, jowar and other crops is in progress, according to the report.
The water level in reservoirs across Telangana was 362.94 billion cubic metres as of Wednesday, compared with 224.32 billion cubic metres a year ago, the report showed.
Rabi crops are sown between October and December after the monsoon, and harvested between February and May. However, sowing started late this year because of delay in withdrawal of the southwest monsoon, which in turn delayed the harvest of kharif crops. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Nishant Maher
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