Good and timely rainfall have encouraged farmers to plant more area under Maize crop in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra during ongoing Kharif season. Karnataka has covered over 3 lakh hectares more area to 12.18 lakh hectares. Madhya Pradesh has covered 12.69 lakh hectares and Maharashtra has covered 9.09 lakh hectares so far.
Information source: www.skymetweather.com