Cotton sowing begins in South India with good monsoon rains

18-Jun-2024 10:38 AM

Mahbubnagar. Cotton sowing has started gaining momentum in South Indian states - Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana due to good rains in the southwest monsoon.

Farmers are showing good interest in buying cotton seeds, due to which its price has started rising. It is believed that this time there may be a good increase in the cotton sowing area there because the price of cotton has increased in recent weeks, while the prices of some other commodities including red chilli have softened.

Telangana is the most prominent producer of paddy and cotton in South India. There are indications of good monsoon rains there. In view of this, farmers can try to increase the area of ​​those crops from which they will expect to get good income.

Farmers in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have already purchased 30 to 50 percent of their cotton seeds requirement and its sowing has also been completed in about 10 percent of the total targeted area. With the advancement of monsoon and rain, the area under cotton cultivation is also increasing.

The price of cotton has again risen above the minimum support price, although it has not yet been announced for the 2024-25 season.

But the price of cotton is soft in some markets of Kurnool and Telangana, due to which there may be a slight decline in the area under cotton cultivation there. There has been a significant decline in the area under cotton cultivation in the northern states as well.