Mustard cultivation shrinks as rains make farmers turn to wheat, pulses

The sown area of mustard in Rajasthan—the largest producer of the oilseed—has shrunk to around 2.1 million hectares this winter from 2.5 million hectares a year ago. Mustard seed prices generally follow an uptrend during winters when mustard oil is widely used for body massage.

from Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/34zJ5dN