16490 According to agriculture scientists

Early monsoon gets farmers' hopes upward

Farming community is confident about the prospects of the herbs this year. The widespread rains across the district triggered farming activity at once. Cultivators of weather fed crops took up seeding while farmers of other crops started land preparation and other operations.

According to agriculture scientists, 15085 cropping pattern is probably going to change this year due to the early monsoon which was reported 15205 after a difference of ten years.

Dr. Gary. Narasimha Rao, retired scientist of Farming University, is of the 15767 check out that groundnut, maize and paddy are likely to increase in size this year. Groundnut will support red gram, which is discriminating as popular 16490 intercrop in the district.

Cotton will remain more or less precisely the same or display some progress due to stable prices and fewer pest problem last year. The pest resistant BT cotton occupied more than 90 per cent on the total cropped area now.

Dr. Narasimha Rao said more than the first monsoon, there should be no incidence of dry spells during the crop routine for bumper crops. Dried spells cause more harm than the late monsoon.

Meanwhile, castor is likely to be fewer patronised this year due to unstable charges and falling yields in 2009. Maize or cotton will benefit in the unpopularity of the castor.