The Impact of Weather Variability on Wheat Crop

In the last two years, the wheat crop has faced the wrath of unpredictable weather conditions. Wheat sowing has commenced across most states, with efforts underway to complete the sowing in states where it has lagged. India holds the top position in wheat production globally, and the country exports wheat to several nations. However, concerns have arisen due to the impact of weather fluctuations on wheat production in recent years.

Bihar crop procurement and procedure 2021?

The procurement of rabi crop has started in almost all the states of North India, but there are some states where the procurement of rabi crops has not started yet. The reason for this is that wheat harvesting is going on. Out of this comes the state of Bihar where wheat has been harvested since this month. In view of this, the state government has increased the date of purchase of lentils, gram and wheat from April 15 to

Wheat sacks drench in many Mandies farmers worried

The wheat crop of farmers in grain markets was drenched due to rain in many areas on Sunday. Wheat kept under the open sky is drenched due to a lack of adequate management of tarpaulin in Mandis and wheat procurement centers. 13-grain Mandis of Yamunanagar where are fully filled. At the same time, more than 100 wheat procurement centers were also filled to a great extent with water. The wheat was kept under the open sky for two days as the arrival of wheat intensified. There was no good arrangement for raising wheat. Farmers allege that there is no labor arrangement in the mandi or tarpaulin, which has made their wheat wet.

Rain in Mandi

Wheat Procurement in Northern States

Wheat Procurement in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh 

Wheat Procurement 

In the current Rabi season 2020-2021, procurement on wheat on MSP has increased to 252.50 lakh tonnes. In which Uttar Pradesh is the largest producing wheat state of the country and has a share of only 4.80 percent. The central government has fixed the MSP of wheat at Rs 1,925 per quintal for the current Rabi marketing season 2020-21 where the Rs 1,840 per quintal in the previous Rabi. We think that Uttar Pradesh will contribute in large quantity but this year due to coronavirus the Govt is some step away from Wheat procurement.

According to FCI, procurement of wheat from Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh is going on in full swing, but with Uttar Pradesh, procurement from Rajasthan is being done in limited quantity. 

According to the Punjab Food department or procurement, they have covered 85 percent of the wheat procurement within 26 days of purchase from the state. The target of procurement from the state is 135 lakh tonnes while the procurement of 114.90 lakh tonnes of wheat has been completed by May 10. But when we see the previous year data they purchased 129 lakh tonnes of wheat at MSP.

If we see the Haryana procurement which is 57.6 lakh tons for the current year 2020. The target is 95 lakh tons and covers approximately 61 percent where the last year 93 lakh tons purchased by the state. According to the Food and supply department, the govt has purchase 376175 farmers wheat and paid 1500 crore.

Where the Uttar Pradesh govt is far away from the target which is 55 lakh tons but they purchase only 12 lakh tons and they said this is due to lack of jute sacks. But the state govt now allows plastic burrow in the state. Also, confirm that they had purchased more than 2 lakh farmers wheat with keep in mind of social distancing.

If we see the procurement center in the state they are more than other states they have around 6000 centers but when we see the last year procurement data which is 37 lakh tons then they have increased their target and delay due to coronavirus conditions in the country. 

The production of wheat including both the states of Punjab and Haryana is estimated to be 300 lakh tonnes, while procurement from these states has been more than 172 lakh tonnes, i.e. 57% of the total production. Uttar Pradesh is estimated to produce 363 lakh tonnes of wheat while procurement has been done, only 12.1 lakh tonnes i.e. only 4.04 percent of the total production.

The central government has set a target of procuring 407 lakh tonnes of wheat 2020-21 as against 341.32 lakh tonnes of wheat procured in the last year.

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Farmers will get a receipt printed at the purchasing centers

On selling wheat at the purchasing centers, the farmers will get a receipt printed with the e-pop machine. There will be a description of the weight of wheat sold in it.

Important points for wheat farmer?

Within 30 to 35 days of sowing, weeding should be done once or twice as per requirement. Keeping in view the prevalence of narrow and broad water weeds in wheat crop, Management of broad and narrow water weeds

Devastation due to rain and hailstorm, will Haryana not be able to achieve the target of wheat production?

In the year 2021-22, 112 million metric tonnes of wheat was expected to be produced. But due to the heat wave in March and April, the production was limited to 106.84 million metric tonnes as compared to 109.59 million metric tonnes in 2020-21

Wheat procurement intensified in Haryana

Haryana Director General Vijay Singh Dahiya has instructed the employees working in the mandis to do all the work related to wheat procurement within a stipulated time period

Registration begins for wheat procurement

Registration begins for government procurement of wheat, farmers got the benefit from here

Wheat

Wheat is an important crop for the rabi season. Every farmer wants to sell his crop directly to the govt for the best price and without any problem. In India now State govt made a portal to buy the crops directly from farmers. Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of wheat in India. 

Uttar Pradesh Govt will buy the wheat for procurement. Uttar Pradesh Farmers can register for wheat. Registration for the government procurement of wheat in Uttar Pradesh has started on March 6, 2020. The state government will purchase wheat from April 1 to June 15 at the minimum support price (MSP). The farmers who want to sell wheat at the government price, it is necessary to register them. The Center has fixed the MSP of wheat procurement for the year 2020-21 at Rs 1935 per quintal. Farmers can sell their wheat by registration on a given website link. 

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Wheat procurement will start from April 15

The government is giving farmers exemption in agricultural work under lockdown. But during this time, fields are also advised to keep a distance of 5 feet from each other (social distancing), wash hands from time to time and try to harvest with the machine. The lockdown, farmers have been continuously facing problems of operating the coal and problems of existence.

Wheat 

Madhya Pradesh is at Top where Punjab is at Second Place in wheat

Wheat

Punjab is counted in a state of good production in production and procurement in the entire country. This time, Madhya Pradesh has left behind in Punjab in the case of wheat preparation. Although the margins worked very well, the Madhya Pradesh government left Punjab behind, which increased its farmers and government performance.

Government has started geotagging of wheat purchasing centers

Farmers will not have to bother to locate wheat purchasing centers in the state. The government has started geotagging of wheat purchasing centers. With this, now the farmers will know the location of the purchasing centers online. For this, geotagging is being done from remote casing application center of Krishi Kendra.

Haryana Govt had Changed Crop Sell Places

Measure Steps For Farmers

During the lockdown 2.0 (Second Lockdown on coronavirus) time Govt has taken some measure steps for farmer's relief because they knew this is harvesting time of wheat and mustard have been harvested. The farmers were waiting to sell their crops in Mandis. So the Centre Govt and state govt maintain some rules and provide relief to them.

Wheat Procurement

The farmer's work will continue and the necessary shops like a seed, pesticides, fertilizers, and Agriculture Equipments will remain open. Also, the Govt had decided to buy the crop of farmers. 

Bihar farmers are selling wheat below MSP?

 All efforts are being done by the Central and State Government to double the income of the farmers. In order to get a reasonable price for their produce, wheat and paddy are procured at the government rate. But contrary to these claims, the procurement of wheat at the purchasing centers of Bihta block of Patna district has not been started. Due to this, there is anger among the farmers of the area. Here, the government is continuously claiming that due to Corona infection,

FCI open six procurement centers in Himachal

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will open six wheat procurement centers for farmers of Himachal Pradesh from Thursday. FCI has set a target of purchasing around seven thousand metric tonnes of wheat in the current season. Last time 32 hundred metric tons of wheat was purchased.

Market and Procurement Update on Wheat and Mustard?

The month of May is about to be known and still the government procurement of wheat is going on along with the Mandis. If we talk about wheat, this time due to the good yield of

Farmer worried about Weather on Wheat harvest time?

The dust storm and light drizzle in Varanasi have put a break on the wheat harvesting of farmers. Due to which the concern of the farmers has increased. With the impact of the rain on the wheat crop getting wet due to rain, the risk of the grain getting black has also increased.

Central Govt has transferred wheat procurement money to farmers

This year, the government is on the record of purchasing wheat at the minimum support price (MSP). This year farmers have been paid more than the Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2020-21.

Wheat Procurement Update

Wheat Procurement

Wheat procurement has reached 301.95 lakh tonnes by May 17 in the current RB marketing season 2020-21, which is 74% of the fixed target of 407 lakh tonnes. Including Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana, where 92.14 percent of seats have been purchased, the largest producer states Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states have only 7.86 percent share in the purchase.

According to Food Corporation of India (FCI), Punjab accounts for 40.75 percent of the total wheat procurement so far, 29.38 percent of Madhya Pradesh, and 22.03 percent of Haryana, while Uttar Pradesh has only 5.31 percent and 2.36 percent of the rate.

Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said in a tweet on Monday that under the procurement target set for the Rabi season 2020-21, procurement of wheat and rice from farmers is going on. He said that the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has purchased 301.95 lakh tonnes of wheat and 44.85 lakh tonnes of rice till 17 May. All procurement centers are taking full care of protection from Kovid-19 infection. The procurement of wheat from Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan started from April 15 while from Haryana from April 20.

According to FCI, 301.95 lakh tonnes of wheat has been purchased so far in the current Rabi at the support price, while 314.19 lakh tonnes were procured in the same period of the last Rabi season. According to FCI, out of the total procurement done so far, Punjab has the highest procurement of 123.02 lakh tonnes, in Madhya Pradesh about 88.70 lakh tonnes and in Haryana, 66.49 lakh tonnes of wheat has been procured while 16.03 lakh tonnes in Uttar Pradesh and 7.12 lakh tonnes in Rajasthan. Purchased at the support price. Other states have procured 26,409 tonnes from Uttarakhand, 10,955 tonnes from Chandigarh, 28 tonnes from Delhi, 15,527 tonnes in Gujarat, 2,614 tonnes in Himachal Pradesh and 11 tonnes from Jammu and Kashmir.

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Wheat prices expected to rise

In Indore district, cleaning machines are being installed at the procurement centers for the