03 June 2022
(Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL): India’s cotton sowing acreage declined 2.35 per cent to 10.73 lakh hectare till June 3 this season, according to the first weekly Kharif 2022 sowing report, released by the ministry of agriculture. Currently, sowing in northern states of Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan recorded slow progress. Karnataka also noted some sowing till now, the report said.
Cotton was sown on around 13.08 lakh hectare during the corresponding period of last year. The area coverage has been reported mainly from the states of Haryana (5.90 lakh ha), Punjab (2.31 lakh ha), Rajasthan (1.54 lakh ha) and Karnataka (0.72 lakh ha).
Some sources said that cotton sowing is delayed in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan due to delay in release of canal water. Normally, the sowing should have been completed till mid of May, but large number of farmers could not sow the fibre crop during the sowing period. As per information, farmers have shifted to other crops as delayed cotton sowing is prone to disease. (Source: Fibre2Fashion.com)