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Redgram cultivation and procurement during the Kharif-2025 play contiguous a mixed, but promising representation crossed Andhra Pradesh, with a crisp emergence successful cultivated area, gradual harvesting progress, and dependable emergence successful momentum successful Minimum Support Price (MSP) procurement operations.
According to information, the procurement of redgram nether the MSP mechanics gathered gait crossed respective districts, with implicit 1,286 MT procured arsenic of January 12, 2026.
Nandyal recorded the highest procurement (608.2 MT), benefiting astir 5,800 farmers done 45 procurement centres. Anantapur followed intimately with 597.9 MT procured from 13,389 registered farmers, with operations handled by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) done 31 centres. Kurnool reported procurement of 57.55 MT, portion Sri Sathya Sai territory recorded 23.15 MT.
Though the districts specified arsenic Palnadu, Prakasam, YSR Kadapa, Bapatla, NTR, and SPSR Nellore had been allotted quantities and procurement infrastructure, arrivals successful immoderate of the regions were yet to prime up.
In Nellore, arrivals were reportedly scheduled to statesman lone from March 2026. Overall, 210 procurement centres had been opened crossed the State to facilitate creaseless operations.
Agriculture Director Manazir Jeelani Samoon said that to enactment procurement, implicit 23.29 lakh gunnysacks had been arranged to guarantee uninterrupted purchases from the farmers.
Under the MSP operations, a full tentative allotment of 1,16,466 MT had been made for the State, with procurement activities being carried retired done agencies specified arsenic National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Ltd. (NCCF) and NAFED. So far, 29,627 farmers had registered for MSP procurement, reflecting important information from pulse growers, helium said.
Close monitoring was underway to align harvesting schedules and procurement operations with the expanded cultivation. With a important emergence successful acreage, it was expected that higher marketplace arrivals successful the coming months would reassure farmers that arrangements nether the MSP mechanics would beryllium strengthened to guarantee remunerative prices and creaseless procurement during the kharif selling season, Agriculture Department officials said.
Official information indicates that portion harvesting has commenced successful astir districts, a important information of the sown country is yet to beryllium harvested.
In the North Andhra districts, Srikakulam has harvested lone 2 hectares retired of 22 hectares sown, accounting for astir 9% of the area. Vizianagaram has completed harvesting of 11 hectares, matching its sown area, portion Parvathipuram-Manyam has harvested 20 hectares retired of a important 1,018 hectares, leaving astir 998 hectares inactive to beryllium harvested. In Alluri Sitharama Raju district, harvesting has covered 75 hectares retired of 230 hectares, translating to astir 36% completion.
Against a mean country of astir 2.58 lakh hectares, farmers person sown redgram successful implicit 4.08 lakh hectares crossed the State, indicating a beardown penchant for the pulse harvest among farmers during the season.
