Wheat production likely to be good this year in India

The country's wheat production is expected to be good this year amid higher coverage, according to Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda. The sowing of wheat, the main Rabi (winter) crop, that began in October has been completed. Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab are the top three states having the maximum area under wheat coverage. As per the sowing data, wheat has been covered in more area and we expect good production this year, Munda told PTI. As per the ministries data, the total acreage under the wheat crop remained higher at 336.96 lakh hectares till the last week of the current Rabi season of the 2023-24 crop year (July-June), as against 335.67 lakh hectares in the year- ago period. On January 3, Food Corporation of India Chairman and Managing Director Ashok K Meena indicated that the country could achieve a new record in wheat production at 114 million tonnes in the ongoing 2023-24 crop year provided weather conditions remain normal. Wheat production stood at a record ...