India's Rabi Pulse Area Near Average
VANCOUVER - Jan 4/13 - SNS -- Pulse area in India remains behind last year, but almost identical to the recent average for the first week of January.
India's Agriculture Department reports that as of January 4, farmers had planted 13.605 million hectares of pulses, down from 14.066 million at this time last year. As a result the gap between this and last year dropped from 602,000 to 451,000 hectares. Total area is now just ahead of the recent average for this time of year of 13.597 million hectares.
By this time, farmers in India have normally planted 94% of their rabi season pulses and 93% of all crops.
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