-Hindustan Times The situation, according to the punjab food and civil supplies department, has arisen due to delay in the Centre’s approval to grant relaxation in the procurement norms as the crop in the current rabi season has percentage of shriveled grain more than the permissible limit of six Chandigarh: There is a glut-like situation in the mandis and procurement centres of punjab as at least 38 lakh tonne wheat is waiting...
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Food processing companies brace for wheat shortage -Devika Singh
-Moneycontrol.com The country is expected to face a shortfall of the cereal in the months ahead as produce in the rabi season is expected to be below estimates, while globally, too, there is a supply crunch on account of Russia-Ukraine war. Food processing companies such as iD Fresh Food, Mrs Bector's Food Specialities and CG Corp Global are getting ready to combat a possible shortage of wheat due to the combined effects...
More »On the wheat trail: State granaries under strain, private traders make hay -Sandip Das
-Financial Express Crop loss, lower procurement to deplete FCI stocks; local supplies may suffice for PDS, free-ration schemes At punjab’s Rajpura mandi, private traders are busy buying the wheat crop brought in by farmers at marginally above the minimum support price (MSP). Traders have been super-active in the mandi, one of the largest centres of wheat trade in the country, and their daily purchases often exceed the official procurement by the state-run...
More »Rabi diversification pays dividends to farmers as mustard prices at all-time high in punjab -Vishal Joshi
-Hindustan Times Data from punjab agriculture department says an estimated 1.34 lakh acre was under mustard cultivation in 2021-22, highest in last 15 years. Since 2007, farmers are sowing mustard on 30,000 hectares or 74,000 acres every year Bathinda: After diversifying to mustard crop (about 44% jump) in the 2021-22 rabi season, enterprising farmers are now reaping profit by selling the produce for up to Rs.7,000 per quintal, 28% higher than this...
More »Inertia or economics? Why punjab’s farmers can’t move beyond rice and wheat -Shweta Saini and Siraj Hussain
-ThePrint.in Diversification is critical for punjab and Haryana farmers who face the challenge of depleting water tables. We need another agricultural revolution. Every time we visit punjab, we ask farmers why they stick with the rice-wheat cropping pattern year on year. Especially when most are witnessing receding underground water levels, forcing them to deepen their borewells each year during the paddy season. One answer from a young farmer stayed with us. He...
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