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* Farmers in Rajasthan have sown rabi crops over 9.29 million hectares as of Saturday, up 9.8% on year from 8.46 million hectares sown in the corresponding period last year, according to a release by the state agriculture department. The acreage under wheat rose 31.2% on year to 2.15 million hectares from 1.64 million hectares a year ago. The acreage under barley rose to 312,060 hectares from 262,420 hectares last year, the report showed. The total acreage under all cereals was 2.46 million hectares, up from 1.89 million hectares in the previous year. Chana acreage in the state as of Saturday was 1.89 million hectares, up from 1.69 million hectares last year. The total area sown under all pulses rose to 1.93 million hectares from 1.73 million hectares a year ago, according to the report. The acreage under rapeseed and mustard so far was 3.23 million hectares, down from 3.46 million hectares last year, the report said. The total area under all oilseeds fell to 3.32 million hectares from 3.57 million hectares a year ago. Rabi crops are sown during Oct-Nov after the monsoon rains are over, and are harvested between April and June. Barley, wheat, gram or desi chana, and oil seeds such as rapeseed and mustard, are the key crops grown in the state during the rabi season. Rajasthan's target for rabi sowing this season is 12.0 million hectares.

* Farmers in Andhra Pradesh have sown rabi crops over 545,000 hectares as of Wednesday, up 38.3% on year from 394,000 hectares in the same period last year, according to a report released by the state agriculture department. The acreage under chana was up 48.6% on year at 211,000 hectares from 142,000 hectares. The total acreage under all pulses was 345,000 hectares, up from 235,000 hectares a year ago, according to the report. The acreage under black gram, or urad, was 50,000 hectares, up from 47,000 hectares last year, while that of horse gram, or kulthi dal, rose to 57,000 hectares from 25,000 hectares. Rabi crops are sown during Oct-Nov, after the monsoon rains are over, and are harvested between April and June. Paddy, maize, bengal gram or desi chana, urad, and groundnut are the top rabi crops grown in Andhra Pradesh. The state has set a sowing target of 2.3 million hectares for the season, the report showed. The acreage under rabi paddy as of Wednesday was 69,000 hectares, up from 38,000 hectares last year, the report said. Jowar acreage fell to 35,000 hectares from 44,000 hectares. The area under maize rose to 33,700 hectares from 28,000 hectares. The total area sown under all oilseeds in the state so far was 19,000 hectares, up from 18,000 hectares a year ago. Groundnut acreage was 16,600 hectares against 15,000 hectares in the previous year, the report showed. The area sown under tobacco rose to 42,200 hectares from 30,700 hectares in the corresponding period last year. Rabi paddy is in the 'nursery to transplantation stage", the report said. Jowar, maize, and tobacco are at the vegetative stage, while urad and rabi moong crops are at the sowing to vegetative stage. Kharif crops such as paddy, jowar, bajra, ragi, maize, moong, urad, horse gram, and groundnut are at the harvesting stage. Tur is at the pod development stage, the report said. Cotton is at the first and second picking stage, while sugarcane is at the cane development stage, the report said. The water level in reservoirs across the state is 80.1% of the live storage capacity as of Thursday, compared with 37.2% a year ago, according to the state's water resources department.

* Farmers in Telangana have sown rabi crops over 559,689 acres as of Wednesday, up 16.5% from 480,283 acres sown in the corresponding period last year, according to a report released by the state agriculture department. Maize acreage in the state so far was 176,494 acres, sharply up by 75% from 100,792 acres sown in the previous year. The area sown under jowar was 15,454 acres, up from 11,381 acres a year ago, according to the report. Paddy was sown on 477 acres against 1,490 acres last year. The seasonal normal for rabi paddy is 4.7 million acres. Rabi crops are sown between October and November after the monsoon rains are over, and harvested between April and June. The normal acreage for the season in Telangana is 6.4 million acres, the report said. One acre is around 0.4 hectares. The acreage under chana as of Wednesday was 140,475 acres, down from 160,092 acres last year, according to the report. On the other hand, the area sown under black gram, or urad, rose to 22,949 acres from 18,791 acres a year ago. The total area sown under all pulses was 166,533 acres, down from 181,017 acres last year. The area sown under groundnut in the state was 160,189 acres, up from 141,970 acres a year ago, the report showed. The total area sown under all oilseeds rose to 165,379 acres from 147,647 acres last year. Groundnut accounts for nearly 97% of the total oilseed acreage in the state. The acreage under tobacco as of Wednesday was 5,144 acres, up from 2,424 acres sown in the same period last year, according to the report. Most kharif crops in the state are in the maturity to harvesting stage, according to the report. Red gram, or tur, is in the "flowering to pod formation stage" and kharif paddy is in the "grain formation to harvesting stage", the report said. Both crops are in good condition so far.The water level in reservoirs across the state was 836.7 thousand million cubic feet as of Wednesday, compared with 461.9 thousand million cubic feet a year ago, according to the report.

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