Wheat procurement up 34% on year, to meet target

The government’s wheat purchases from the farmers at minimum support price (MSP) is expected to meet target of 31 MT for the season in the next few weeks. The agencies – Food Corporation of India and state government bodies — have purchased over 22.36 …

2025 Wheat Field Days to be held in June

Colorado State University Colorado State University’s Crops Testing Program is hosting the 2025 Wheat Field Days on June 4 through the 6 and June 10. They are made possible by our farmer-cooperators, seed company and industry partners, and our colleagues …

India to not allow wheat export even if govt procurement exceeds target

The target is to buy 31.27 mt of wheat this year as the agriculture ministry estimates wheat production at record 115.43 mt during 2024-25 crop year (July-June) | Photo Credit: SRINATH M India will not allow wheat export even if the government procurement …

Dhaliwal instructs to lift wheat from Bhagtanwala grain market within two days

AMRITSAR: Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal today specially visited Amritsar's grain markets Bhagtanwala and Rajasansi to review the wheat procurement. He reviewed the procurement on this occasion and taking the delay in lifting seriously, asked …

Iraq provides Syria with 220,000 tons of wheat

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – In a gesture reflecting the close ties between Iraq and Syria, the Director General of Syria’s General Organization for Grains, Hassan Othman, said that Iraq will transport 220,000 tons of wheat to the Syrian people as a ‘gift.’ …

Daily farmer registrations for wheat sales at govt centres cross 1,000 in Uttar Pradesh

Swabi growers urge govt to purchase wheat at ‘fair’ price

SWABI: Wheat harvest has begun in the district with the farmers demanding of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to purchase their produce at a reasonable price. The farmers of the Maneri region said they were already in financial difficulties because …

Flour price falls as market flooded with cheap wheat

LAHORE : Domestic wheat sector is facing a severe crisis, resulting in a significant price crash. The price of 20kg wheat flour bag plummeted to as low as Rs1,200. Lahore Atta Dealers Association President Haji Yousaf has said that major flour mills have …

Farmers harvest wheat in Pakistan

A farmer harvests wheat at a field in Lahore, Pakistan on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad/Xinhua) Farmers harvest wheat at a field in Lahore, Pakistan on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad/Xinhua) Farmers harvest wheat at a field in Lahore, Pakistan …

Wheat and see!

A pril is the ‘coolest’ month, when it comes to wheat harvest in the Punjab. The harvest, which typically continues into June, the hottest month of the year, is the time for growers to taste the fruit of their labour. This year, however, the drop in wheat …