Wheat production News

Total production of Rice during 2018-19 is estimated at record 115.63 million tonnes.

The NASA experiments involved using continuous light on wheat which triggered early reproduction in the plants.

Private traders imported 44.10 lakh tonnes of wheat during the first eleven months of the last fiscal, the government said today.

Government on Tuesday extended the 25 percent import duty on wheat by another three month, till June, to curb imports as domestic production is estimated to rise by over 8 percent this year.

He said FCI has put all efforts to enhance the procurement of wheat and during RMS 2015-16, 21 lakh MT of wheat has been procured till date from 3.70 lakh farmers at MSP.

Wheat production may fall by 4 percent during the 2014-15 crop year from record 95.85 million tonnes in the previous year as the crop was affected due to the recent unseasonal rains and hailstorms.

Government's wheat procurement this year may fall short of the initial target of 30 million tonnes (MT) due to crop damage following a recent spell of unseasonal rains and hailstorms.

India's wheat production is likely to decline by 4-5 percent in the current crop year from the initial estimates of 95.76 million tonnes due to unseasonal rains, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Tuesday .