Farmers rush to plant summer crops amid above-average monsoon rainfall

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Higher rice planting could alleviate supply concerns in the world's second biggest producer and consumer of the grain.

Farmers had planted 14 million hectares with oilseeds, including soybeans, against 11.5 million hectares a year earlier.Corn was planted on 5.88 million hectares, up from 4.38 million hectares a year earlier.

The cotton area was slightly higher at 9.6 million hectares, while pulses planting jumped by 26% from a year ago to 6.23 million hectares.