Lanja taluka is leading in use of bullocks for agriculture.

Statistics have been reported that the use of bulls for agriculture in the district is more than that of the states. 24 bulls are used in 100 hectare sowing area in the state. Whereas in Ratnagiri district that number is 39. Cultivation is done for kharip as well as rabi crops and then sowing and planting. The use of cattle per hundred hectares is 28 in Mandangad, 26 in Dapoli, 29 in Khed, 40 in Chiplun, 40 in Guhagar, 47 in Ratnagiri, 43 in Sangameshwar, 50 in Lanja, 46 in Rajapur, the total average in the district is 39 and in the state it is 24. www.konkantoday. com