Rabi Crop

: As the yasangi (rabi) harvest began, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday directed officials to immediately open all 7,000 paddy procurement centres in the state. Rao issued orders to Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari and Civil Supplies Commissioner Anil Kumar in this regard, a release from the Chief Minister's Office said. Rao directed the Chief Secretary to hold a video conference with the Collectors of all districts on Monday and take action to make the necessary arrangements, the CMO release said. The Chief Minister ordered that all 7,000 paddy procurement centres be opened and paddy purchasing process be commenced, as it was done earlier, the release added.

The actual impact of the rains on crops such as wheat, mustard, etc will be known after the assessments

Wheat crop has reached the maximum vegetative stage in Madhya Pradesh, parts of Punjab and Haryana, according to the Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC). Whereas in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, wheat crop is yet to reach the maximum vegetative phase due to delay in sowing, it said in its latest report. The life cycle of a wheat plant is divided into three main development phases, namely the vegetative phase, in which leafs and tillers are developed; the reproductive phase, and the grain fill stage. The wheat crop normally enters the grain fill stage in March and any unusual rise in temperature could cause yield damage. Wheat is the main rabi crop, the harvesting of which will begin from end of next month. The government has projected a record wheat output of 112.18 million tonnes in the 2022-23 crop year (July-June). The government has set up a committee to monitor impact of rise in temperature on the wheat crop in order to avoid the repeat of last year when the

At current prices, growth estimated at 12.5%, which is among the best in recent times

Usually wheat is sown in around 30.5 million hectares of which so far around 15.28 million is already sown

Mustard is usually sown in 6.4 million hectares, and sowing in almost 4.6 million hectares is complete till Friday

The plea stated that the modified seeds can contaminate non-GM mustard crops and that the sowing of such seeds should be put on hold

The rains should aid planting of the rabi crop and also its early growth, mainly in crops such as wheat, mustard and chana

An official clarification made later says approval has come from GEAC, which is authorised to do so, and not from MoEF

Harvesting of paddy has been delayed in the main states of Punjab, Haryana, UP and even Madhya Pradesh because of late withdrawal of southwest monsoon which has left the fields wet

The rains which started on a moderate note in the month of June is however not expected to go away in a hurry and as per the latest forecast by India Meteorological Department (IMD)

Crisil estimates cumin prices to shoot up 30-35 per cent to touch a five-year high of Rs 165-170 per kg in the Rabi season 2021-2022

The decision was taken by the state cabinet at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who had led a protest in Delhi on Monday demanding the Centre to procure the entire paddy crop

Prices of onion remained substantially stable during 2021-22 due to effective market intervention through the Price Stabilisation Fund, the Ministry statement said

Over 125 lakh metric tonne wheat has been procured in Punjab so far in the ongoing rabi marketing season

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The area under the coverage for paddy is down marginally to 14.83 lakh hectare so far this rabi (winter-sown) season from 15.47 lakh hectare in the corresponding period previous year

What has helped the performance in the quarter, especially in the domestic business, is the early kharif season which resulted in stocking up of products in the June quarter

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd's Farm Equipment Sector (FES) domestic sales in June saw a surge of 12 per cent to 35,844 units, as against 31,879 units sold during June 2019

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