A new yellow revolution has finally taken off, as farmers expand the area under the crop by a quarter, conjuring up visions of endless mustard fields — a popular Bollywood […]
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Mustard & Pulses Summer Sowing in India
Sowing of all rabi crops has exceeded the season’s normal area, reaching 634.68 million hectares (mh) as on Friday, up by 1.5 per cent from year-ago. While wheat acreage is […]
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India’s Summer Crops Sowing All time High
The acreage of mustard/rapeseed has jumped by 21.4 per cent to 86.98 mh as on December 24 from 71.62 mh a year-ago and nearly 3 mh were covered during the […]
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India: Sowing Area of Pulses, Oil Seeds and Wheat Increased
Sowing of key rabi crops such as mustard, gram (chana), lentil (masur) and barley have touched or exceeded the season’s normal acreage this year. But, 8 percent of the area […]
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As farmers shift to oilseeds, wheat acreage drops 2% in India
Wheat sowing in the current rabi season dropped 2.4 percent to 248.67 million hectares as of December 10 from the year-ago period, mainly due to farmers shifting to other crops […]
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Why Farmers in India Prefer Mustard And Wheat Over Gram?
In the current rabi sowing season, Rajasthan State farmers have selected mustard and wheat crop gram (chana), which may jeopardise the State government’s goal of diverting more land from cereal […]
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India: Mustard Crop Sowing Acreage By 600–700 Thousand Hectares
The Agriculture Ministry of India has reported that the mustard sowing area is increasing by 600 to 700 thousand hectares for the winter season. This is because farmers are planting […]
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India: Winter Acreage up 9% at 261 Million Hectares
Sowing of crops in the on-going rabi (winter) season has increased by nine percent to 260.66 million hectares as of November 18 over the year-ago period, as acreage of three […]
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India: Mustard Acreage Higher by 24% as Winter Sowing Picks Up
Farmers continue to show their preference for oilseeds, mainly rapeseed-mustard over other crops as the planting of rabi crops progresses at a fair pace across the country with overall coverage […]
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Mustard emerges as a new favorite among farmers in India
As rabi sowing gathers momentum, rapeseed-mustard is emerging as a favorite choice of farmers in North India. As of October 29, mustard acreage accounted for some 57 percent of the […]
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