Though sowing operations for kharif crops started at a slow pace in Bidar district during June due to the delay in the monsoon, the incessant rainfall in the last week has helped farmers take up brisk sowing. Farmers have completed Kharif sowing on 4,01,069 hectares (97%) of land against the targeted area of 4,13,234 hectares across the district.
As per the data provided by Agriculture Department; farmers have completed sowing of cereals on 8,296 hectares (54.05%); pulses on 1,46,512 hectares (94.99%) and oil seeds on 2,18,795 hectares (103.18%) as on July 20.
The farmers in Bidar district have exceeded sowing targets of major bi-seasonal crop Red gram, and also Soya bean and Cotton this year.
