Page 14 - Wheat

Wheat procurement season kicks off amid Covid-19 crisis, lockdown curbs

The entire marketing of rabi crops looks problematic due to social distancing norms and dearth of labour

India to export 90,000 tonnes of surplus wheat to Afghanistan, Lebanon

. According to the second government estimate, the country is set to harvest a record wheat production of 106.21 million tonne in the 2019-20 crop year on the back of good rains

Commodity picks: 23 February, 2020

Prices are expected to trade lower towards Rs 1,600 per quintal given the expected new arrivals

UP targets rabi wheat procurement of 5.5 mn tonnes at Rs 1,925/quintal MSP

State allows purchase from share croppers, contract farmers; last year it could log only 3.8 MT of wheat compared to seasonal target of 5.5 MT

Commodity Picks: 09 March, 2020

Soymeal is trading at Rs 31,600 per tonne at the benchmark Indore markets

Record wheat output expected, arranging storage for harvest a worry

India is expected to harvest 291.95 mt of foodgrain in 2019-20

India to harvest record wheat production of 106.21 MT in 2019-20: Report

Wheat is the main rabi crop, harvesting of which will begin from next month

India on course to bumper harvest; wheat acreage touches record high

India's rabi sowing has reached new records this year on the back of strong post-monsoon showers which have ensured adequate soil moisture reducing farmers' expenditure on irrigation

Wheat sowing up 9.28% to 31.3 mn hectare this rabi season on good weather

Sowing of rabi crops begins in October and harvesting kicks off from March

Area under wheat up 4.28% YoY to 20.25 hectares: Agriculture ministry

As per the ministry's latest data, wheat was sown in 834,000 hectare more area so far in the ongoing rabi (winter) season of the 2019-20 crop year (July-June)

Wheat MSP raised by 4.6% to Rs 1925/qtl, but it's still lowest in 5 years

Minimum support price for wheat will now be Rs 1,925 a quintal, lowest in the last five years

CRISIL SME Tracker: Wheat millers facing the heat as demand slumps

SMEs account for bulk of wheat mills in india in value terms

Wheat farmers prefer pvt stockists, bulk consumers to govt agencies

India's wheat output estimated at 99.12 million tonnes for 2018-19

Govt hikes customs duty on wheat to 40% to curb imports, protect industry

The government wants to restrict overseas purchase so that domestic prices of wheat do not come under pressure as the country's wheat output is expected to scale a record high this year.

Wheat, maize led global food price rise for a consecutive month in March

Second monthly rise indicates trend will continue in near term

Wheat procurement starts on dull note; might pick up pace in coming weeks

Prices started falling from second half of March because new crop started arriving from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat

Centre to procure 32 million tonnes wheat from farmers in 2018-19

It will procure 5.5 million tonnes of rabi rice as well

FCI wasted Rs 36k cr in interest outgo due to delay in subsidy release: CAG

Wheat stocks of Food Corporation of India and state agencies worth over Rs 700 crore and meant for distributing through ration shops was rendered 'unusable' in Punjab between 2011-12 and 2015-16 because of poor storage facility, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India said today.In a report tabled in Parliament, the auditor also found that an additional food subsidy of over Rs 35,000 crore during the same period as the Centre didn't clear its annual subsidy payouts on time. Due to delay in subsidy clearance, the Corporation resorted to market borrowings at high interest rates to meet its expenditure, which could have been avoided had the Finance Ministry cleared food subsidy on time. It also found that an expenditure of Rs 237.65 was incurred during the same period due to non-rationalization of surplus labour and deployment of costlier labour in depots. In one case, the CAG found that an average FCI labour was handling around 998-1776 bags per day which is much more than ...

Government may end up buying less than 30 million tonnes of wheat

Till date, government has procured over 27 million tonnes of wheat

Govt projects wheat output to be highest at over 97 mn tonnes in 2016-17

Agricultural ministry has revised its estimates by 0.8 million tonnes following a good monsoon