Crop Report
Summer crop acreage up 15% on year at 6.02 mln ha as of Friday
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--India summer crops acreage 6.02 mln ha as of Friday vs 5.24 mln ha yr ago
--India summer rice acreage 3.20 mln ha as of Fri vs 2.73 mln ha year ago
--India summer pulses acreage 1.10 mln ha as of Fri vs 877,000 ha year ago
--India summer moong acreage 834,000 ha as of Fri vs 669,000 ha year ago
--India summer maize acreage 622,000 ha as of Friday vs 513,000 ha year ago
--India summer coarse cereals area 986,000 ha as of Fri vs 891,000 ha yr ago
--India summer oilseeds acreage 735,000 ha as of Fri vs 739,000 ha year ago
--India summer groundnut acreage 296,000 ha as of Fri vs 309,000 ha year ago
MUMBAI – The sowing of summer crops across India was 6.02 million hectares as of Friday, up 15% from 5.24 million hectares the previous year, according to data released by the agriculture ministry Tuesday. The acreage of rice, the largest summer crop, was 3.20 million hectares as of Friday, up 17% from 2.73 million hectares a year ago.
The area under maize, the largest coarse cereal grown during the season, rose to 622,000 hectares from 513,000 hectares a year ago. On the other hand, the acreage of bajra, the second-largest coarse cereal, fell to 315,000 hectares from 348,000 hectares a year ago.
The area under all pulses rose nearly 26% to 1.10 million hectares from 877,000 hectares a year ago. Under pulses, moong acreage rose to 834,000 hectares from 669,000 hectares a year ago, and that of urad rose to 252,000 hectares from 191,000 hectares last year.
Oilseeds acreage was down at 735,000 hectares from 739,000 hectares a year ago, the data showed. While the acreage under sesamum, the major summer oilseed crop, rose nearly 3% on year to 397,000 hectares, groundnut acreage fell 4.2% on year to 296,000 hectares.
Currently, groundnut is not fetching higher returns for farmers, which is why they are shifting to other crops in most states, said Neharu Kher, managing director of Across Overseas Pvt. Ltd. Farmers are shifting from groundnut to moong and urad in Gujarat and to maize in Rajasthan, said Ashok Virvani, a trader from Gujarat.
The following table details the sowing of key summer crops so far, compared with the same period a year ago, in hectares, and the year-on-year change in percentage:
|
Crops |
Acreage 2025(ha) |
Acreage 2024 (ha) |
Change (%) |
|
Rice |
3,198,000 |
2,733,000 |
17.0 |
|
Total pulses |
1,104,000 |
877,000 |
25.9 |
|
Urad |
252,000 |
191,000 |
31.9 |
|
Moong |
834,000 |
669,000 |
24.7 |
|
Coarse cereals |
986,000 |
891,000 |
10.7 |
|
Bajra |
315,000 |
348,000 |
(-)9.5 |
|
Maize |
622,000 |
513,000 |
21.2 |
|
Total oilseeds |
735,000 |
739,000 |
(-)0.5 |
|
Groundnut |
296,000 |
309,000 |
(-)4.2 |
|
Sesamum |
397,000 |
386,000 |
2.8 |
|
Total* |
6,022,000 |
5,240,000 |
14.9 |
*Total may not tally as crops with low acreage have been omitted.
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Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Nishant Maher
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