| Sowing area under seven oilseed categories like mustard, groundnut and sunflower is 9.8 million hectares so far compared with 9.5 million hectares last year, the data showed. | |
| Winter oilseeds account for about 40 per cent of India's total oilseed output. Wheat sowing in India, the world's third-largest producer of the cereal, is at 27.2 million hectares against 24 million hectares last year. | |
| In India, winter crops are sown from October to December. Harvest begins in March and ends April. | |
| Higher wheat sowing has been reported from Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat. The crop's sowing has been progressing well in other states also. | |
| Coarse cereal sowing has fallen marginally on year. As of today, 6.7 million hectares of land have been brought under coarse cereal cultivation against 6.8 million hectares a year ago. | |
| Nearly five million hectares of land has been brought under jowar compared with 5.2 million hectares last year. | |
| Maize sowing is also lower from the year earlier period at 688,000 hectares compared with 706,000 hectares. | |
| Sowing of rice is lower at 753,000 hectares compared with 767,000 hectares a year ago. However, oilseed sowing, with total area under cultivation at 9.8 million hectares, is up 3.1 per cent from a year ago. | |
| Mustard and rapeseed sowing is up year-on-year, which has lifted acreage of the entire oilseed category. About 7.1 million hectares of land has been brought under mustard and rapeseed compared with 6.7 million hectares a year ago. | |
| Groundnut acreage is, however, down at 354,000 hectares compared with 475,000 hectares a year ago, due to delayed sowing in Tamil Nadu following rains. | |
| While groundnut sowing has started in Karnataka, in Maharashtra and Gujarat the process will begin from February. | |
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