Haryana: Wheat arrivals to stay sluggish for few days
With wheat crop maturing, the farmers have started reaching at the grain markets of Ambala and Kurukshetra with their produce. However, the arrivals are expected to remain sluggish for the next few days.
Officials in the Agriculture Department and the Agricultural Marketing Board believe the season will be in full swing only after April 14.
Bhupinder Singh, a farmer from Langar Chhanni village who reached the Ambala Cantonment grain market, said, “The weather has delayed the harvesting. The yield is looking decent and I have sold my produce of two acres to a government agency.”
Besides the government agencies, the private traders are also buying the stock in the grain markets.
Secretary of Shahabad grain market committee Krishan Kumar Malik said, “Over 300 tonne of wheat stock has arrived so far at the grain market, of which 157 tonne has been procured. We are expecting higher arrivals this year.”
As per the data, over 2,076 tonne of wheat has arrived at various grain markets of the Ambala district till Tuesday evening, of which 850 tonne has been procured, while the arrivals in Kurukshetra district were over 1,266 tonne, of which 316 tonne has been procured by the government agencies.
Dr Jasvinder Saini, Deputy Director, Agriculture, Ambala, said, “At present, manual harvesting has started and the combine machines are yet to enter the agricultural fields. The harvesting has got delayed this year due to prolonged winter and lower temperature. As per the report from the field, the crop is looking good and the harvesting is expected to gather pace after April 14.”
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