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Solid Week For Rabi Seeding

PANAMA - Nov 16/18 - SNS -- Seeding of this season's rabi pulses in India advanced at a rapid pace during the past week, with farmers planting 3.09 million hectares, compared to 3.098 million during the same week last year and the recent five year average of 2.03 million for the second week of November.

Area sown so far now totals 6.995 million hectares, down from 8.532 million at the same time last year and below the recent five year average of 7.649 million hectares sown by November 16.

Planting of all crops is down from this time last year, sinking from 22.74 to 19.11 million hectares. Land in oilseeds dropped from 4.95 to 4.69 million hectares, while coarse cereals sank from 2.974 to 1.627 million hectares. Rice is down from 857,000 to 641,000 hectares, while wheat is down from 5.428 million at 5.163 million hectares.

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