Wheat to reach record 98 mt in 2016-17 crop yr

Foodgrain production is estimated to touch a record 271.98 mt in the current year

Wheat production is set to touch a record 98 million tonnes (mt) in the ongoing 2016-17 crop year ending June, on account of higher yields.

In its second estimate, the agriculture ministry had pegged a record wheat output of 96.64 mt for the current crop year (July-June) as against the actual output of 92.29 mt last year.

"Taking into account the feedback from state governments and experts, it looks like wheat output will reach all-time high of 98 mt this year," a senior agriculture ministry official told reporters on the sidelines of a two-day annual kharif conference.

The crop yields are better this