Cotton growers in Yadgir are facing loss as copious rainfall proves detrimental to crop
The Hindu
Yadgir district faces threat to cotton crop due to copious rainfall, impacting farmers' yield and profits.
Copious rainfall that lashed Yadgir district in the last couple of days is threatening to harm cotton crop in Yadgir district.
The district experienced torrential rainfall owing to depression, following which cold and cloudy atmosphere prevailed for a few days.
Many of the agricultural fields, particularly cotton fields, are reportedly either inundated or the crop damaged by rain.
The target for sowing cotton in the district for the kharif season was 1,86,296 hectares, of which the area covered is 1,66,662 hectares for 89.46% achievement.
Farmers in many parts of the district, who prepared their land, started sowing immediately after it started raining during the monsoon season, while a few started their operations later due to a shortage of rain mid-monsoon.
Therefore, cotton crop is in different stages of growth. Those who started early are harvesting the crop now and, in many places, the crop has reached maturity.
Fresh rainfall and water accumulated in the fields may possibly affect the lower buds of the cotton tree and cause an impact on yield.
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