Crop Report
India's rabi sowing up 1.5% on yr at 66.10 mln ha as of Friday
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--India rabi acreage 66.1 mln ha as on Jan 31 vs 65.1 mln ha year ago
--India rabi wheat acreage 32.5 mln ha as on Jan 31 vs 31.8 mln ha year ago
--India rabi pulses acreage 14.1 mln ha as on Jan 31 vs 13.8 mln ha year ago
--India rabi oilseeds acreage 9.7 mln ha as on Jan 31 vs 9.9 mln ha year ago
--India rabi coarse cereals area 5.53 mln ha as on Jan 31 vs 5.55 mln yr ago
--India rabi paddy acreage 4.3 mln ha as on Jan 31 vs 4.1 mln ha year ago
--India rabi chana acreage 9.9 mln ha as on Jan 31 vs 9.6 mln ha year ago
--India rabi masur acreage 1.7 mln ha as on Jan 31, unchanged from year ago
--India rabi urad acreage 612,000 ha as on Jan 31 vs 589,000 ha year ago
--India rabi moong acreage 140,000 ha as on Jan 31 vs 138,000 ha year ago
--India rabi jowar acreage 2.4 mln ha as on Jan 31 vs 2.7 mln ha year ago
--India rabi mustard acreage 8.9 mln ha as on Jan 31 vs 9.2 mln ha year ago
--India rabi groundnut acreage 365,000 ha as on Jan 31 vs 342,000 ha yr ago
--India rabi maize acreage 2.4 mln ha as on Jan 31 vs 2.2 mln ha year ago
--India rabi barley acreage 620,000 ha as on Jan 31 vs 551,000 ha year ago
MUMBAI – Farmers in India have sown rabi crops over 66.10 million hectares as of Friday, up 1.5% from a year ago, according to data from the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. Rabi acreage was 4.1% higher than the normal area of 63.35 million hectares for the season.
The area under wheat, the largest rabi crop, was 2.1% higher on year at 32.49 million hectares, the data showed. The current wheat acreage has also exceeded the normal area of 31.24 million hectares for the season. The area under rabi paddy was up 4.8% on year at 4.25 million hectares. The acreage of maize rose 8.8% on year to 2.37 million hectares.
The area under pulses was 14.09 million hectares, up 2.2% from 13.78 million hectares a year ago, the data showed. Under pulses, the acreage of chana was 9.86 million hectares, up 2.8% from a year ago. Chana is the main legume grown during the rabi season. Masur acreage was unchanged at 1.74 million hectares.
The area under oilseeds was down 1.8% on year at 9.75 million hectares. Mustard acreage was 8.93 million hectares, down 2.8% from a year ago. The area under groundnut was up 6.7% at 365,000 hectares, while the area under sunflower was up 39.6% at 74,000 hectares. "Farmers are shifting to other crops like wheat and potato instead of mustard in several parts of India," said Indrajit Paul, head of research at Agrocorp International. Wheat and potato are less sensitive to temperature variations, he said.
The following table details the sowing of key rabi crops, in hectares, compared with year-ago levels, and the year-on-year change in percentage terms as of Friday:
| Crop | Acreage 2024-25 (ha) | Acreage 2023-24 (ha) | Change(%) | Normal area for season (ha) |
| Wheat | 32,488,000 | 31,833,000 | 2.1 | 31,235,000 |
| Rice | 4,254,000 | 4,059,000 | 4.8 | 4,202,000 |
| Pulses | 14,089,000 | 13,780,000 | 2.2 | 14,044,000 |
| Chana | 9,855,000 | 9,587,000 | 2.8 | 10,099,000 |
| Masur | 1,743,000 | 1,743,000 | 0 | 1,513,000 |
| Urad | 612,000 | 589,000 | 3.9 | 615,000 |
| Other pulses | 465,000 | 460,000 | 1.1 | 546,000 |
| Coarse cereals | 5,525,000 | 5,546,000 | (-)0.4 | 5,346,000 |
| Jowar | 2,435,000 | 2,736,000 | (-)11.0 | 2,437,000 |
| Maize | 2,367,000 | 2,175,000 | 8.8 | 2,211,000 |
| Total oilseeds | 9,747,000 | 9,923,000 | (-)1.8 | 8,702,000 |
| Mustard | 8,930,000 | 9,183,000 | (-)2.8 | 7,916,000 |
| Groundnut | 365,000 | 342,000 | 6.7 | 382,000 |
| Sunflower | 74,000 | 53,000 | 39.6 | 81,000 |
| Other oilseeds | 39,000 | 39,000 | 0 | -- |
| Total Crops | 66,103,000 | 65,142,000 | 1.5 | 63,530,000 |
Reported by Shreya Shetty and J. Navya Sruthi
Edited by Avishek Dutta
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