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Rabi sowing seen headed for record this year
January 22, 2021
Wheat, gram, mustard acreage this year breaking all previous highs: Agri Ministry
Rabi crop acreage in the country is heading for a record high with wheat, gram and mustard already surpassing the best acreage in the past.
According to data released by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday, rabi crops have so far been planted over nearly 652 lakh hectares (lha), nearly two per cent more than around 642 lha covered in the corresponding week last year.
At 337 lha, wheat acreage is already at an all-time high. “Good rains received in central peninsular region during September-October months prompted many farmers in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra to shift from chickpea to wheat,” said GP Singh, Director of the Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, an Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) constituent lab at Karnal.