The intense rainfall spell over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana is expected to “decrease significantly” in the coming days, but experts believe the rains to have caused significant damage to the already sown kharif crops in the north-western states. The damage to the moong, urad, groundnut and soybean crops could range 10-15%, leading to concerns … Read more
Sowing of kharif crops has picked up pace with the southwest monsoon entering an active phase, which has pushed up rainfall across the country to normal levels. The acreage under kharif as on July 1 was 27.872 million hectares, up from 14.05 million hectares on June 24, reducing the drop in acreage to 5.3% from … Read more
After a break of more than a week, the southwest monsoon has progressed into Goa and parts of Konkan and Karnataka, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. The met department has forecast that monsoon will move into south Maharashtra, Karnataka, parts of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in the next two days. Rains would … Read more
Rural demand is expected to get around Rs 11,000-crore boost from the record kharif harvest along with the marginal hike in minimum support price, according to a report by Care Ratings. The agriculture ministry projects a good crop in the first advance estimates for the kharif season at over 150 million tonnes. Along with that, … Read more
The delayed withdrawal of monsoon is unlikely to hit the ongoing harvest of kharif crops, the head of agricultural meteorology at the weather office has said. “Immediately, there is no concern,” Kripan Ghosh, head of Agrimet Services at the India Meteorological Department, told ET. He said the weather office is prompt in guiding farmers about … Read more