<p class="title">The pre-monsoon showers which lashed the district for the last few days have activated the farming activities in the district. Sowing has been completed on 1,337 hectares in the plateau region.</p>.<p class="title">From January 1 to May 8, Chikkamagaluru has received 124 mm rainfall, Kadur - 71 mm, Koppa - 79 mm, Mudigere - 144 mm, N R Pura - 91 mm, Sringeri - 104 mm and Tarikere - 57 mm. Sesame, urad dal, blackeyed peas and green gram have been sown in Kadur, Lakhya areas in the district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The target is to sow on 1.29 lakh hectares during the Kharif season. Now, sowing has been completed on 1,337 hectares in Kadur and Lakhya, said an agriculture officer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rain has brought a smile on the face of the farmers. The farmers are engaged in levelling the land for sowing groundnut, onion, jowar, ragi and sunflower.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have sown sesame on four acres and green gram on eight acres of land. I am expecting good harvest during the season," said a farmer from Anegerenarayanapura in Panchanahalli hobli.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Farmer Chandrappa from Ajjampura said, "I have levelled my land. We cultivate onion, groundnut, sunflower and maize."</p>
<p class="title">The pre-monsoon showers which lashed the district for the last few days have activated the farming activities in the district. Sowing has been completed on 1,337 hectares in the plateau region.</p>.<p class="title">From January 1 to May 8, Chikkamagaluru has received 124 mm rainfall, Kadur - 71 mm, Koppa - 79 mm, Mudigere - 144 mm, N R Pura - 91 mm, Sringeri - 104 mm and Tarikere - 57 mm. Sesame, urad dal, blackeyed peas and green gram have been sown in Kadur, Lakhya areas in the district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The target is to sow on 1.29 lakh hectares during the Kharif season. Now, sowing has been completed on 1,337 hectares in Kadur and Lakhya, said an agriculture officer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rain has brought a smile on the face of the farmers. The farmers are engaged in levelling the land for sowing groundnut, onion, jowar, ragi and sunflower.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have sown sesame on four acres and green gram on eight acres of land. I am expecting good harvest during the season," said a farmer from Anegerenarayanapura in Panchanahalli hobli.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Farmer Chandrappa from Ajjampura said, "I have levelled my land. We cultivate onion, groundnut, sunflower and maize."</p>