March 29, 2024

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Karnataka area under maize up 41 per cent in early kharif sowing

Maize (corn) acreage has jumped 41 per cent Karnataka, the greatest producer of the corase cereal, in the course of the present kharif year as farmers are noticed bringing in more spot below the coarse cereal crop. This will come even as kharif sowing has taken place on 28.17 lakh hectares (lh) of the targeted 77 lh in the Condition, as of June twenty five.

Maize sowing has been competled in 7.47 lakh ha until June twenty five, 41 per cent higher than corresponding five.thirty lh a year ago. The target spot for maize this kharif in the Condition is 11.eighty four lh and sowing has been full in about 63 per cent of the targeted spot. Maize planting is full in 6.31 lh of the targeted rainfed spot of 8.72 lh. In irrigated ailments, maize sowing has taken place in 1.sixteen lh of the targeted three.12 lh.

Excellent rainfall

Excellent pre-monsoon showers and effectively distributed monsoon rainfall, so significantly, has aided the kharif sowing in the Condition. Rainfall in the course of June was 31 per cent higher at 405 mm from the ordinary of 310 mm for the thirty day period. Critical maize rising locations of Davangere and Chitradurga districts in south inside Karnataka have received eighty one and forty five per cent more rainfall than ordinary in the course of June.

Official sources explained the development of the Kharif sowing has been superior so significantly. Total acreages are higher by about 8 per cent above the exact time period previous year.

Elevated pulses spot

Among other crops, oilseeds and pulses spot have greater marginally as opposed with previous year. Pulses have been sown on 7.33 lh as opposed with 7.thirty lh in exact time period previous year. Focus on spot for pulses is 21.07 lh, of which tur acreage is targeted at fourteen.31 lh. Tur has so significantly been planted in three.31 lh, marginally reduced than previous year’s three.34 lh. Moong or inexperienced gram has been seeded in 2.75 lh as opposed with 2.sixty nine lh.

Greater oilseeds acreage

Total oilseeds acreage has been higher at four.fifty three lh as opposed with three.93 lh in exact time period previous year. The target spot for oilseeds is 10.sixty seven lh this year. Farmers are noticed demonstrating preference to soyabean, groundnut and sunflower. Till June twenty five, soyabean has been planted in 2.sixty nine lh (2.47 lh exact time period previous year), when groundnut has been planted in 1.07 lh (.eighty four lh) and sunflower in .fifty seven lh (.36 lh).

Cotton planting has been alternatively sluggish as the fibre crop has been planted in 1.sixty five lh as opposed with 2.39 lh in exact time period previous year. The Condition is focusing on cotton acreage of 7.thirty lh for the kharif year this year. Among cereals, planting of paddy, jowar, ragi and bajra, among other folks, has been alternatively sluggish, so significantly.