Sufficient amount of showers in the last several days in Yadgir district has helped standing crops such as cotton and red gram see improvement in growth.
Cotton and red gram growers were worried soon after sowing because of the shortage of rainfall. But, later, showers have helped these crops to grow. At present, both cotton and red gram are 30 days old.
According to sources in the Agriculture Department, the targeted area under cotton this year is 1.66 lakh hectares. Of this, 1.20 lakh hectares have come under the crop.
