Maharashtra’s kharif sowing crossed 10 million hectares (70% of normal area), boosted by recent rains but still below last year’s pace. Nearly...
Strengthening El Niño conditions and forecasts of below-normal rainfall threaten India’s rain-fed oilseed and cotton regions despite kharif sowing reaching 53.13 million...
Maharashtra's Kharif sowing reached 86.92 lakh hectares (60% of normal) by July 13, trailing last year's pace. Heavy rains damaged 6,673 hectares...
India's kharif sowing area was down 16% by July 10, with pulses, coarse cereals, oilseeds, cotton and paddy recording lower acreage. However,...
Andhra Pradesh faces severe drought as El Niño weakens the southwest monsoon, threatening 50.51 lakh hectares of crops with delayed Kharif sowing...
A Dolat Capital report says 52% of India remains rainfall-deficient, with kharif sowing lagging last year by 92 lakh hectares due to...
India's kharif sowing fell 22.7% to 182.72 lakh hectares by June 25 due to a 45% June rainfall deficit. Soybean acreage plunged...
India’s kharif crop sowing reached 119.9 lakh hectares by June 19, up from 117.95 lakh hectares a year earlier. Rice, pulses, millets,...
India's 2026-27 kharif sowing reached 84.60 lakh hectares as of June 12, slightly below last year's 88.04 lakh hectares. Rice planting rose...