"farm-operations"

Thirteen mandals of the total 19 received normal rainfall, while five mandals witnessed excess rainfall by 20 to 36 per cent

Farmers gearing up for season, are expected to go for cotton in a big way as early monsoon is expected to favour the crop.The government had targeted cotton in over 55 lakh acres this year.

Farm operations commenced in about 18.88 lakh acres across the State with cotton alone sown in around 14.82 lakh acres and red gram in 1.58 lakh acres