India News | Farmers Start Sowing Kharif Crops in Kalaburagi

Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], June 24 (ANI): With the commencement of Kharif season, farmers in Kalaburagi district have started sowing seasonal crops-Cotton and pigeon pea, anticipating a good rainfall in the state.

Farmers in the region said they could not grow enough crops due to low rainfall.

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A farmer in Kalaburagi, who is sowing the Kharif crop in the hope of bumper crop said: "Due to less rain for the last 3 years, we have not been able to grow cotton. But during this year's monsoon, we are sowing cotton and tur (Pigeon pea) in our 2-acre land."

"Although, there is no guarantee of rain this year as well but we can only hope for it," he added.

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The Kharif season begins in June with the start of the monsoon in India and concludes by October. (ANI)

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