Yadgir district has received good rainfall in the last couple of days encouraging farmers to revive agricultural activities and prepare land for kharif sowing.
Paddy, cotton, red gram, green gram, sugarcane and sunflower are the prime crops of the district. But, a majority of farmers are likely to opt for green gram as there has been sufficient rainfall during the pre-monsoon period.
The district authorities have set a target of 3,90,220 hectares for the kharif season this year. Of this, paddy will be taken up on 87,000 hectares followed by red gram on 96,000 hectares, green gram on 26,010 hectares and cotton on 1,66,000 hectares. The remaining area will come under sunflower, sugarcane, sesame and other crops.
