date:Jun 06, 2013
fall will allow farmers to plant cane from July onwards, but that crop will be available for crushing only in 2014/15, Gavit said.
The monsoon has already covered Tamil Nadu, most parts of Karnataka and the southern part of Maharashtra state, nearly three days in advance, the weather department said on Wednesday.
Monsoon rains, which run from June to September, are vital for the 55 percent of farmland without irrigation in India, one of the world's largest producers and consumers of food.
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