Vigorous Monsoon Rains Lead To 25% Rise In Planting Of Summer-Sown Rice In India

Indian farmers have planted 12 million hectares with summer-sown rice, preliminary agriculture ministry data for this year showed, up 25 per cent from last year as robust monsoon rains encouraged the expansion of acreage. Buoyed by the plentiful rains, rice farmers are likely to harvest a record crop and step up overseas sales from the world's biggest exporter of the grain. Farmers start planting rice, corn, cotton, soybeans, sugarca...