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India’s summer crop planting lags as monsoon rains taper off

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NEW DELHI, July 10 – Indian farmers have planted 49.9 million hectares (123 million acres) with summer crops, down 10.43% from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, as monsoon rains taper off after a strong start last month. Farmers typically start planting […]

Indian farmers expect to harvest record wheat, rice crops this year

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India is expected to produce a record 108.75 million tonnes of wheat this year, the farm ministry said in its third forecast for the crop year to June 2021, marginally lower than its previous estimate of 109.24 million tonnes. Rice output in the world’s biggest exporter and the […]

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