Agri Buzz: Soybean acreage tumbles 65%, overall kharif area down 23%

Sowing of kharif crops has slipped amid delayed monsoon rainfall. Total acreage stood at 182.72 lakh hectares as of June 25, down 23 per cent compared to 236.46 lakh hectares a year earlier. According to the latest data, paddy acreage -- the main kharif crop, slipped around 25 per cent at 25.75 lakh hectares against 34.41 lakh hectares last year. Pulses sowing fell 30.47 per cent at 14.92 lakh hectares while oilseeds area tanked 53.33 per cent to 16.99 lakh hectares. In oilseeds, the sowing of soybean, major kharif oilseed, slipped to 6.92 lakh hectares, down from 19.97 lakh hectares a year earlier and marking a near 65% drop. Coarse cereals acreage slipped 12 per cent to 31.84 lakh hectare.

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