Churu News Desk: While the Rabi sowing season starts with the departure of monsoon and the harvest of Kharif crop, this time the sowing of Rabi crop could not pick up pace in Churu district while waiting for the weather to be favourable. Due to which the district lagged behind in sowing the Rabi crop till now but now once again the cold weather has brought new hope. The weather has become favorable this week, so farmers have intensified the sowing of Rabi crops. Therefore, it is expected that Rabi crop will be sown extensively in the region.
Sowing takes place till November
According to agricultural scientists, after the departure of monsoon in September, sowing of Rabi crop starts from October and till after Diwali i.e. by the first fortnight of November, the sowing work is almost completed. This time, the sowing work of Rabi crop started late anyway and due to rising temperature in between, the sowing work did not speed up and the farmers kept waiting for favorable conditions. Due to less moisture in the ground and not favorable temperature, sowing of gram, taramira and mustard etc. started late in Barani. According to farmers, now the weather has become favorable, hence the work of sowing crops is now gaining momentum.
Sowing in Rajgarh, Taranagar
In Rabi crop, sowing of gram etc. is done mostly in Rajgarh and Taranagar, but in the last decades, gram crop was started in Churu, Sardarshahar and Ratangarh. According to farmers, so far most sowing of gram, Taramira and mustard has been done in Rajgarh and Taranagar. Considering the moisture in the ground due to fog and the falling temperature, there is a possibility of widespread sowing of Rabi crop in these two tehsils including the last tehsils of the district. While the farmers are busy in sowing work.
Crop sowing work continues in the district
Sowing of wheat, barley, isabbol, fenugreek, cumin etc. in Rabi crops is going on in the irrigated areas and well agriculture irrigated areas of the district. The weather has also become favorable now. With the onset of Rabi season, farmers are said to have increased the pace of sowing of gram, mustard etc.
Wheat sowing continues
The work of sowing wheat crop is going on in the district. The target of sowing wheat in the district was 40 thousand hectares but so far sowing has been done in about 2 thousand hectares. Barley was to be sown in 15 thousand hectares but so far it is said to have been sown in about 500 hectares. Apart from this, crops like Isabgol have been sown in about 6000 hectares, Fenugreek in 10 thousand hectares and Cumin etc. in about 700 hectares in the district.
Expected to reach target this week
Due to unfavorable weather and rising temperatures, sowing of Rabi crops was delayed. Now the weather has become favourable, sowing of wheat etc. is anyway done late. There is still time for sowing of gram, mustard etc., hence farmers have intensified the sowing of Rabi crops. It is expected that Rabi sowing target will be reached in the coming week.
