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The State government has set a target of 15.19 million acres for Kharif crops this year, expecting a modest increase of eight per cent in the Kharif area.
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Farmers are raising paddy nurseries under assured irrigation sources and sowing rainfed crops like jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, pulses, groundnut, soybean and cotton.
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In a complaint filed by his son, Paramesh, Venkataiah got a borewell sunk in his field last Yasangi, which failed. Adding to the woes, he could not mobilise the funds for buying seeds and fertlisers this Vanakalam.
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The indecisive stand of the government on the issue of bonus for paddy is likely to play havoc with the crop planning during the season.
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The price forecast is based on the monthly modal price data obtained for 6-22 years from major markets of agricultural and horticultural commodities.
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Farmers started preparing the fields for sowing seeds of various crops mainly staple paddy, cotton, soya bean, red gram, green gran, maize, etc.
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Paddy is expected to be cultivated in 3.27 lakh acres.
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Nizamabad, which is the largest paddy growing district in the State, is estimated to have a paddy yield of about 15 lakh metric tonnes this season.
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Barely 8,294 metric tonnes of the rice grains were delivered as against the target of 93,575 metric tonnes of rice so far. Show-cause notices were served against 19 mills that did not return the grains a few days ago.
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Farmers are busy with sowing operations as the monsoon is active all over the State during this week. Sowing of jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, pulses, groundnut, soybean and cotton in the rainfed areas are almost completed.
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Niranjan Reddy on Saturday appealed to Vanakalam (kharif) farmers to opt for short duration paddy varieties
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Irrigation officials were directed to ensure timely release of water under major and medium projects by maintaining required storage levels
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SCIWAM will take stock of storage capabilities of all major and medium irrigation projects before taking a call on approval of operational plans proposed by the project authorities concerned
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District Agriculture Department is gearing up for the Vanakalam season as the southwest monsoon is likely to set in
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Paddy cultivation is projected to cover 1.50 lakh acres, and officials are urging farmers to focus on cultivating fine varieties of rice instead of normal varieties, as the FCI has shown interest in procuring fine variety rice
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Vanakalam procurement commenced on October 21 last year and was successfully completed after 94 days
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Collector said the district administration had set up 227 procurement centres across the district against the previous Vanakalam's 150 procurement centres.
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District Collector VP Gautham in a statement here on Thursday informed that about six lakh metric tonnes paddy production was expected in the vanakalam season.
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Nalgonda: The erstwhile Nalgonda district has stood in top in the State in area of cultivation for the monsoon crop season (Vanakalam), thanks to improved irrigation facilities. Farmers here took up cultivation in 21.34 lakh acres for Vanakalam in the erstwhile Nalgonda district, which was reorganized into Suryapet, Yadadri-Bhongir and Nalgonda districts. Cotton and paddy […]
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Warangal: Agriculture department officials have prepared an action plan for the coming Vanakalam season (Kharif) in the six districts carved out of the erstwhile Warangal district with the southwest monsoon likely to hit Telangana on June 10. A total of 17,89,743 lakhs acres would likely be cultivated in the erstwhile Warangal district. With 4,60,580 acres […]