Crop Report
India kharif sowing up over 3% YoY as of Fri; oilseed area down
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--India kharif acreage 109.3 mln ha as of Fri vs 106.0 mln ha year ago
--India kharif paddy acreage 43.2 mln ha as of Fri vs 40.5 mln ha year ago
--India kharif pulses acreage 11.4 mln ha as of Fri vs 11.3 mln ha year ago
--India kharif tur acreage 4.46 mln ha as of Fri vs 4.54 mln ha year ago
--India kharif urad acreage 2.2 mln ha as of Fri vs 2.1 mln ha year ago
--India kharif moong acreage 3.4 mln ha as of Fri, unchanged from year ago
--India kharif oilseeds acreage 18.5 mln ha as of Fri vs 19.0 mln ha yr ago
--India kharif soybean acreage 12.0 mln ha as of Fri vs 12.6 mln ha year ago
--India kharif groundnut acreage 4.7 mln as of Fri, unch from year ago
--India kharif coarse cereals acreage 19.0 mln ha as of Fri vs 17.8 mln ha
--India kharif maize acreage 9.4 mln ha as of Fri vs 8.4 mln ha year ago
--India kharif jowar acreage 1.4 mln ha as of Fri, unchanged from year ago
--India kharif bajra acreage 6.8 mln ha as of Fri, unchanged from year ago
--India kharif sugarcane acreage 5.7 mln ha as of Fri vs 5.6 mln ha year ago
--India kharif cotton acreage 10.9 mln ha as of Fri vs 11.1 mln ha year ago
MUMBAI – Farmers across the country have sown kharif crops on 109.3 million hectares as of Friday, up over 3% on year, according to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The area under paddy, coarse cereals and maize rose from the year-ago period, while the area under oilseeds and cotton fell.
Paddy acreage rose 6.6% on year to 43.2 million hectares and the area under pulses was slightly up on year at 11.4 million hectares as of Friday. The area under tur declined nearly 2% on year, while moong acreage remained nearly unchanged from the previous year. Urad acreage was up over 6% on year.
The acreage of coarse cereals, promoted as 'Shri Anna' by the government, was up over 6% on year at 19.0 million hectares, mainly supported by a rise in the area under maize. The area under maize rose to 9.4 million hectares from 8.4 million hectares a year ago.
However, the area under oilseeds declined nearly 3% on year to 18.5 million hectares. The area under soybean, the largest kharif oilseed, dipped to 12 million hectares from 12.6 million hectares. Groundnut acreage was nearly unchanged from a year ago at 4.7 million hectares. The area under jowar and bajra were nearly unchanged from a year ago at 1.4 million hectares and 6.8 million hectares, respectively. Similarly, the area under cotton fell by 2.4% on year to 10.9 million hectares. The area under sugarcane rose nearly 3% on year to 5.7 million hectares.
The following table details the sowing of key kharif crops, in hectares, compared with year-ago levels and the year-on-year change in percentage terms:
Crop | Acreage 2025 (ha) | Acreage 2024 (ha) | Change (%) |
| Paddy | 4,31,96,000 | 4,05,34,000 | 6.6 |
| Tur | 44,61,000 | 45,37,000 | (-)1.7 |
| Urad | 22,35,000 | 21,03,000 | 6.3 |
| Moong | 34,11,000 | 33,96,000 | 0.4 |
| Total Pulses* | 1,14,46,000 | 1,13,47,000 | 1 |
| Jowar | 14,01,000 | 14,00,000 | 0.1 |
| Bajra | 67,64,000 | 67,72,000 | (-)0.1 |
| Ragi | 9,24,000 | 8,39,000 | 10 |
| Maize | 94,00,000 | 84,07,000 | 12 |
| Total Coarse Cereals* | 1,89,67,000 | 1,78,48,000 | 6.3 |
| Groundnut | 46,76,000 | 46,98,000 | (-)0.5 |
| Soybean | 1,20,28,000 | 1,25,50,000 | (-)4.2 |
| Sunflower | 64,000 | 70,000 |
(-)9 |
| Total Oilseeds* | 1,85,17,000 | 1,90,27,000 | (-)2.7 |
| Sugarcane | 57,31,000 | 55,68,000 | 2.9 |
| Jute | 5,54,000 | 5,73,000 | (-)3.3 |
| Cotton | 1,08,77,000 | 1,11,39,000 | (-)2.4 |
| Grand Total* | 10,92,87,000 | 10,60,36,000 | 3.1 |
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Reported by Taniva Singha Roy
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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