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Deficient monsoon slows rabi sowing, wheat sowing yet to pick up pace
Sowing of rabi crops, including wheat, has fallen sharply behind last year's pace, with the area covered down 46 per cent at 37.56 lakh hectare as of October 30, compared to 69.02 lakh hectare in the same period a year ago, according to data released by the Union Agriculture Ministry. Wheat, the principal rabi crop, was sown over just 19,000 hectare, against 3.34 lakh hectare last year, a shortfall attributed to insufficient soil moisture. The crop is usually sown in October-November and harves…
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