Wheat sowing slacks at 253.Fifty two lakh ha till now

Wheat sowing slacks at 253.Fifty two lakh ha till now

by admin- Monday, December 24th, 2018 06:46:11 PM

Rabi plants’ sowing starts offevolved from October and harvesting from March. Wheat is the principle crop of this season. Wheat has been planted in 253.52 lakh hectare up to now within the ongoing rabi season, slightly decrease than the previous yr.

According to the today’s sowing facts launched through the ministry, wheat acreage changed into marginally low inside the rabi season of 2018-19 crop yr (July-June), in comparison with 257.Forty seven lakh hectare inside the equal length closing season.

Wheat turned into sown in eighty four.08 lakh hectare in Uttar Pradesh, forty seven.Ninety four lakh hectare in Madhya Pradesh, 34.69 lakh hectare in Punjab, 24.04 lakh hectare in Haryana and 24.Sixty one lakh hectare in Rajasthan up to now this rabi season.

Total vicinity sown below all rabi plants remained decrease at 512.53 lakh hectare to date as against 537.12 lakh hectare within the yr-in the past, the ministry data showed.

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