Wheat acreage likely to remain steady despite weak monsoon rainfall
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- ✓Wheat acreage is expected to remain stable in the 2026-27 rabi season despite weak monsoon rainfall.
- ✓M L Jat said, "availability of irrigation facilities in major wheat-producing states was expected to limit the impact of below-normal rainfall." The government set a production target of 121 million tonnes for this year.
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The area under wheat cultivation is expected to remain broadly stable in the ongoing 2026-27 rabi season despite deficient monsoon rainfall, raising hopes of another bumper harvest, Mint reported on Saturday.
The agriculture ministry has set a wheat production target of 121 million tonnes for the 2026-27 crop year, following record output of 120.7 million tonnes in the previous year. Wheat acreage stood at 33.6 million hectares in 2025-26, according to farm ministry data.
M L Jat, secretary in the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and director general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), told Mint that the availability of irrigation facilities in major wheat-producing states was expected to limit the impact of below-normal rainfall on sowing decisions.
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