Crop Report
Rabi sowing in Telangana up 18% on year as of Wed, maize up 36%
This story was originally published at 11:21 IST on 15 May 2025
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MUMBAI – Sowing of rabi crops in Telangana reached nearly 8 million acres (1 acre = 0.4 hectares) as of Wednesday, more than 18% higher then 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 913,484 acres.
The area under paddy so far was nearly 6 million acres, up from 5.2 million acres a year ago. Similarly, the acreage of jowar rose to 367,614 acres from 237,804 acres a year ago, the report showed.
The area under chana fell to 222,772 acres from 238,509 acres a year ago. On the other hand, the acreage of urad rose to 56,273 acres from 35,030 acres a, according to the report. The total area under all pulses stood at 310,738 acres, up from 303,806 acres a year ago.
The total area under all oilseeds so far was 315,719 acres, up from 272,154 acres, the report showed. Under oilseeds, the acreage of groundnut rose to 251,115 acres from 202,638 acres a year ago.
Tobacco acreage in the state rose to 19,132 acres from 10,009 acres a year ago, while that of sugarcane rose to 17,353 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 356.68 billion cubic metres as of Wednesday, compared with 222.21 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 in Oct-Dec 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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