Govt sees bright prospect of wheat crop; current temperature conducive for higher yields

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Like last year, there have been no reports of extreme temperatures from wheat-growing states so far. This augurs well for the crop prospects, he added. Farmers have brought more area under the wheat crop this year in anticipation of getting higher than the minimum support price (MSP) amid export demand, another ministry official shared. In the 2021-22 crop year, the domestic production fell to 106.84 million tonnes from 109.59 million tonnes in the previous year due to heatwaves in some of the producing states.

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