Wheat arrival begins on slow note in food bowl Punjab
1 year, 8 months ago

Wheat arrival begins on slow note in food bowl Punjab

Hindustan Times  

Wheat harvesting began on a slow note in Punjab on Thursday. The procurement of wheat started on April 1 in the state, with 1,872 mandis and procurement centres opened by the food and civil supplies department. Initially, the state food department had made arrangements for 135 lakh tonne wheat and arranged cash credit limit of ₹ 29,000 crore from the Reserve Bank of India, but now as per fresh estimates, only 90 to 100 lakh tonne produce is expected to reach mandis for purchase. He said the board had made all arrangements in the mandis for speedy procurement as the food and civil supplies department had allocated mandis to four state procurement agencies — Punsup, Pungrain, state warehousing board and Markfed along with the Centre’s Food Corporation of India. “In order to ascertain the extent of shriveled, broken, damaged, discoloured and lustre loss in wheat crop, which has been damaged due to unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm, officials of the ministry are deputed to collect samples from the affected Punjab districts in association with the state government and FCI officers,” read a communication from the ministry.

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Mandis full: Wheat sowing set to be delayed as paddy harvesting in slo-mo
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mandis full: Wheat sowing set to be delayed as paddy harvesting in slo-mo

Hindustan Times  

At a time when the farmers are supposed to be getting their fields ready for wheat sowing, they are grappling to sell their produce in the mandis. “One member of my family was constantly sitting in the grain market to guard the produce.” Inderjeet Singh of Asin Majra village said while he is at the grain market, his 18-year-old son …

Punjab readies for glut of wheat crop after slow start to procurement
8 months, 1 week ago

Punjab readies for glut of wheat crop after slow start to procurement

Hindustan Times  

Fifteen days after the start of wheat procurement in the current rabi season, crop arrivals are still negligible. Owing to the slow harvest this season, the state food department and state agricultural marketing board officials have predicted a glut in the upcoming weeks. A top official of the state food department said, “The expectations are that the crop will ripen …

Haryana mandis empty, harvesting to pick up pace by Baisakhi
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana mandis empty, harvesting to pick up pace by Baisakhi

Hindustan Times  

Though the Haryana government began wheat procurement at over 400 mandis and purchase centres in the state on April 1, there is hardly any crop arrivals at the sites on the GT Road belt of the state. I may start harvesting by month-end.” Another farmer, Rahul, says that the reason why crop ripening has been delayed is that the temperature …

With rise in temp, southwest Punjab dists see sharp surge in wheat arrivals
1 year, 8 months ago

With rise in temp, southwest Punjab dists see sharp surge in wheat arrivals

Hindustan Times  

BATHINDA : As wheat harvesting is in full swing in southwest Punjab, Mansa is leading among the seven districts of the region with more than 1.57 lakh tonnes of grain arriving in mandis till Saturday, according to officials. As wheat harvesting is in full swing in southwest Punjab, Mansa is leading among the seven districts of the region with more …

Wheat arrival picks up in Punjab mandis
1 year, 8 months ago

Wheat arrival picks up in Punjab mandis

Hindustan Times  

Arrival of freshly-harvested wheat in Punjab on Wednesday saw a sudden rise with 1.67 lakh tonne of wheat arrived in the state mandis. Punjab govt will bear value cut imposed on damaged crop: CM Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday announced that the state government would own the value cut imposed on wheat crop damaged due to rain, winds and …

Central teams land in Punjab, collect 55 samples to assess grain damage
1 year, 8 months ago

Central teams land in Punjab, collect 55 samples to assess grain damage

Hindustan Times  

Eight teams of scientists from the Union ministry of food and public distribution on Friday visited mandis across Punjab to assess the quality of wheat grain arriving for purchase by the state government agencies. “The ministry has sent the teams after the state government raised a red flag for allowing relaxation in grain quality at the time of procurement,” an …

Harvesting wheat crop another challenge for rain-hit Punjab farmers
1 year, 8 months ago

Harvesting wheat crop another challenge for rain-hit Punjab farmers

Hindustan Times  

With at least 14 lakh hectares of 34.90 lakh hectares of wheat sown in Punjab impacted by rain, high-velocity winds and hailstorm, another challenge that farmers face now is difficulty in harvesting the crop. With at least 14 lakh hectares of 34.90 lakh hectares of wheat sown in Punjab impacted by rain, high-velocity winds and hailstorm, another challenge that farmers …

Punjab announces closure of grain market after falling short of procurement target
2 years, 7 months ago

Punjab announces closure of grain market after falling short of procurement target

India Today  

The Punjab Mandi Board on Saturday announced the closure of the wheat procurement season after falling short of the procurement targets by nearly 37 lakh metric tonnes. According to the data released by the Punjab Mandi Board, the state recorded a total arrival of 101.8 LMT of wheat grain out of which 95.9 LMT was procured by government agencies and …

Data | Heat wave in Punjab may curtail India’s wheat exports
2 years, 8 months ago

Data | Heat wave in Punjab may curtail India’s wheat exports

The Hindu  

At a time when India is looking to fill the world’s wheat granaries depleted by the Ukraine-Russia war, two new developments in Punjab may potentially reduce its export levels this year. These two factors may dampen India’s wheat export plans given that India may prioritise local availability of wheat while also aiming to cool down the market prices. In most …

Punjab: At 2.6%, wheat purchase by private players belies hopes
2 years, 8 months ago

Punjab: At 2.6%, wheat purchase by private players belies hopes

Hindustan Times  

Against the Punjab food and civil supplies department’s expectations of private players purchasing a considerable share of freshly harvested wheat crop as the rabi procurement season began on April 1, the trends in the first week are not too encouraging. According to procurement data released till April 7, of the total wheat arrival of 42,589 tonnes to the purchase centres …

Punjab: Wheat procurement starts on April 1, food dept expects fall in arrivals
2 years, 8 months ago

Punjab: Wheat procurement starts on April 1, food dept expects fall in arrivals

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh : The wheat procurement in Punjab for the rabi marketing season will start across 1,892 centres of the state agricultural produce marketing board from April 1. The wheat procurement in Punjab for the rabi marketing season will start across 1,892 centres of the state agricultural produce marketing board from April 1. The state food and civil supplies department, four …

More than 25,000 bags of wheat smuggled from Bihar seized in Punjab
3 years, 8 months ago

More than 25,000 bags of wheat smuggled from Bihar seized in Punjab

Op India  

The Bhatinda district authorities in Punjab seized almost 25,000 bags of wheat, weighing 50kg each, on April 9, the day before wheat procurement started in Punjab. While almost 12,000 bags of wheat were recovered from three Bihar trucks that were impounded at the Bathinda grain market, almost 9000 gunny bags were found on the roadside. On getting the information the …

Wheat procurement next week; Punjab , Centre in deadlock over land record
3 years, 9 months ago

Wheat procurement next week; Punjab , Centre in deadlock over land record

Hindustan Times  

Punjab’s plans to start wheat procurement next week, with the traditional date being April 1, could run into a hurdle. The Punjab government expects arrival of 132 lakh tonne of wheat for procurement and the operation winds up in 40-45 days, as the entire state machinery gets involved. Last week, in a meeting with the Food Corporation of India, state …

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