NEW DELHI: India’s wheat production is forecast to drop by nearly 3% to 106.8 million tonnes (mt) while total food grains production is estimated to hit a record 315.7 tonnes in crop year 2021 -22, about 5 tons higher than the output in the 2020-21 crop year.
Wheat production is estimated to have declined as a heat wave during its ripening period resulted in grain shrinkage in the northwestern states of the United States. Punjab and Haryana.
Release estimates by Wednesday for MY 2021-22 (July to June), Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday said a record production is also estimated to include rice, corn, grams, beans, oilseeds and sugarcane. However, coarse grain production is likely to decline slightly to 50.9 tonnes in 2021-22 from 51.3 tonnes in the previous year.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar attributed the record production of many crops to the “farmer-friendly policy of the central government”, the hard work of the farmers and the industriousness of scientists.
The government for a crop year (July to June cycle) makes four estimates before the final estimate. The fourth estimate is usually closer to the final figure.
According to Wednesday’s data estimates, wheat production is pegged at 106.8 tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year, down from 109.6 tonnes in the previous year. However, rice production is forecast at a record 130.3 tonnes in 2021-22 compared to 124.3 tonnes in 2020-21. Pulse production is estimated to hit a record 27.7 tonnes compared with 25.4 tonnes in the 2020-21 crop year.
In the non-food grains category, oilseed production is forecast to reach a record 37.69 tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year from 35.94 tonnes in the previous year. Sugarcane production is estimated to hit a record 431.8 tonnes from 405.3 tonnes in the previous year while cotton production is expected to fall to 31.2 million bales (170 kg per bale) from 35.2 million bales.
Wheat production is estimated to have declined as a heat wave during its ripening period resulted in grain shrinkage in the northwestern states of the United States. Punjab and Haryana.
Release estimates by Wednesday for MY 2021-22 (July to June), Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday said a record production is also estimated to include rice, corn, grams, beans, oilseeds and sugarcane. However, coarse grain production is likely to decline slightly to 50.9 tonnes in 2021-22 from 51.3 tonnes in the previous year.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar attributed the record production of many crops to the “farmer-friendly policy of the central government”, the hard work of the farmers and the industriousness of scientists.
The government for a crop year (July to June cycle) makes four estimates before the final estimate. The fourth estimate is usually closer to the final figure.
According to Wednesday’s data estimates, wheat production is pegged at 106.8 tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year, down from 109.6 tonnes in the previous year. However, rice production is forecast at a record 130.3 tonnes in 2021-22 compared to 124.3 tonnes in 2020-21. Pulse production is estimated to hit a record 27.7 tonnes compared with 25.4 tonnes in the 2020-21 crop year.
In the non-food grains category, oilseed production is forecast to reach a record 37.69 tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year from 35.94 tonnes in the previous year. Sugarcane production is estimated to hit a record 431.8 tonnes from 405.3 tonnes in the previous year while cotton production is expected to fall to 31.2 million bales (170 kg per bale) from 35.2 million bales.
