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India’s wheat acreage gains as rabi sowing gathers pace

The area under almost all rabi crops was up by 17 per cent in the week ended November 29, even

The south-west monsoon, which contributes 75 per cent of India’s annual normal rainfall of 116 cm, retreated on Monday from

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) is predicting that neutral El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions will continue till the end

Maharashtra has achieved significant progress in kharif crop sowing with year, with 98 per cent of the targeted area (excluding

The sowing of all kharif crops, barring paddy, has been completed on 979.89 lakh hectares (lh) as of August 9,

Over 44 per cent surplus rainfall in the first week of this month has led to the overall monsoon precipitation

Helped by early coverage of monsoon and revival of rainfall in central and north-west India from the last week of

The southwest monsoon has covered the entire country on July 2, six days ahead of schedule, potentially helping farmers speed

The area under pulses crops such as tur and moong and cereals, mainly maize, are witnessing a major jump in

The sowing under summer paddy, which was 10 per cent higher until last week, further increased to 29.44 lakh hectares