Friday, August 14, 2009

Breaking News-RTRS-India's oilseed sowing drops, sugarcane static

NEW DELHI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - India's oilseeds sowing from June 1 to Aug 13 was 15.2 million hectares, down from 16.4 million hectares a year ago because of erratic monsoon rains, government data showed on Thursday.
Soybean planting was higher but groundnut sowing fell, the government said in a statement.