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90% kharif sowing completed in Nashik districtedit
The Times of India – Online
Kharif sowing in Nashik district has been completed on around 90% land — 5.81 lakh hectare out of the total projected area of 6.41 lakh hectare. Paddy plantation was affected due to delayed monsoon, but it has now gained momentum. Paddy has now been planted on around 70% of the total estimated area of 88,000 hectare. Maize, cotton, bajra, moong, soyabean, jowar and bajra are the other major kharif crops of the region. Maize contributes to 35% acreage, while bajra and paddy share 17.37% and 14.61% of the total sowing area, respectively. The agriculture department had projected sowing of maize on 2.16 lakh hectare. But sowing has been carried out on 2.31 lakh ...
No shortage of wheat stock in India, Union Agriculture Minister informs Parliamentedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The government has reiterated that there is no shortage of wheat stock in the central pool. In a written reply to Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, “As on 01.07.2022, the actual stock of wheat is 285.10 Lakh Metric Tons (LMT) against the Buffer norm of 275.80 LMT.” In reply to another question on whether it is true that wheat procurement has fallen since there was a spurt in private procurement who bought wheat directly from farmers, the minister agreed to it. “The procurement of wheat has fallen due to higher purchase of wheat by traders as the market price of wheat had shot up due to prevailing ...
Govt. Policies
PM-KUSUM Scheme: Govt to Provide Financial Assistance to Farmers for Solar Pumps up to 15 HPedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
The government has agreed to grant PM-KUSUM beneficiaries Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for solar pumps up to 15 HP (horsepower) capacity in the north-eastern and Himalayan states, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday. This decision was made in response to a long-standing demand from the industry. The finance ministry has agreed to allow CFA for solar pumps up to 15 HP capacity in the north-eastern and Himalayan states, keeping in mind their topography, as well as for community farming in high water table areas, with the restriction that the total number of pumps of higher capacity will not be more than 10% of the total. This was stated in a written response to a question ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Continuous Rainfall & Falling Prices Force Farmers to Switch from Pulses to Soyabean, Cottonedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Farmers have shifted away from pulses and planted more commercial crops, particularly soyabean and cotton, which are trading much higher than their minimum support prices due to a combination of lower realizations and good monsoon rains (MSP). According to the latest data compiled by the Union Agriculture Ministry as of July 29, farmers have so far sown 106.18 lakh hectares (lh) of pulses in the current Kharif cropping season, which began on June 1. This is an increase over the previous year’s corresponding area coverage of 103.23 lh. When individual pulses and state-level acreages are considered, the picture changes. The area sown for arhar/tur (pigeon-pea), the country’s largest Kharif pulses crop, has decreased from 41.75 ...
Deficit rain sows kharif crop worries for farmers in Odisha’s Sundargarhedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Scanty rainfall in June and July has left paddy farmers of Sundargarh district in a lurch. Agriculture officials said most of the blocks in Sundargarh are reeling under deficit rainfall. Heavy rain is required in the next seven to 10 days to prevent the situation from further worsening as paddy farming activities have already slowed down significantly. In June, the district received a mere 83.54 mm of rainfall against the normal of 236.4 mm. While July is the peak time in kharif crop season, Sundargarh received 265.68 mm rain against the normal of 386.4 mm in the month. Only Hemgir block received excess rainfall at 477.74 mm. Lefripada, Tangarpali, Sundargarh, Koida and Bonai ...