India Agriculture: Wheat manufacturing prone to be good this 12 months: Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda

“As per the sowing information, wheat has been lined in additional space and we anticipate good manufacturing this 12 months,” Munda advised PTI.

As per the ministry’s information, the whole acreage beneath the wheat crop remained larger at 336.96 lakh hectares until the final week of the present rabi season of the 2023-24 crop 12 months (July-June), as towards 335.67 lakh hectares within the year-ago interval.

On January 3, Meals Company of India Chairman and Managing Director Ashok Ok Meena indicated that the nation may obtain a brand new file in wheat manufacturing at 114 million tonnes within the ongoing 2023-24 crop 12 months supplied climate circumstances stay regular.

Wheat manufacturing stood at a file 110.55 million tonnes within the 2022-23 crop 12 months, in comparison with 107.7 million tonnes achieved within the previous 12 months.

Sharing about wheat crop prospects this 12 months, a senior agriculture ministry official mentioned the crop is in good situation and there aren’t any studies of any harm to the crop until date. “The present chilly climate situation is sweet for the expansion of wheat and different rabi crops,” he mentioned. Local weather-resistant seeds have been sown in additional than 70 per cent of the whole wheat space lined in each Punjab and Haryana this 12 months, he mentioned.

The 2 states have sown wheat in a complete space of round 59 lakh hectares this 12 months, the info confirmed.

In the meantime, the agriculture ministry has began issuing common advisories to assist farmers maintain the wheat crop after the completion of sowing.

As per the newest advisory for the interval overlaying January 16-30, the ministry has requested farmers to finish the appliance of nitrogen fertilizer as much as 40-45 days after sowing. Farmers have been requested to use urea simply earlier than irrigation for higher outcomes.

In case of late sown, if farmers discover each slim and broad leaf weeds of their wheat area, they’ve been suggested to spray herbicide Sulfosulfuron 75WG of about 13.5 grams per acre or Sulfosulfuron plus Metsulfuron of 16 grams per acre in 120-150 litres of water earlier than the primary irrigation or 10-15 days after irrigation.

Maintaining in view the beneficial humid climate for yellow rust illness, farmers are suggested to go to their crops often to watch ‘stripe rust’ (yellow rust) incidence.

To deal with lodging in early sown wheat crops, farmers have been requested to offer ‘development regulators’ in excessive fertility irrigated circumstances. For frost administration, gentle irrigation must be utilized to wheat crops taking due care of the Met Division forecast.

The Met Division has forecast rain in northeast and central areas of India throughout January 16-30 and the temperature is predicted to drop under regular within the forthcoming week.

The federal government is taking proactive steps to assist farmers put together to save lots of the wheat crop within the occasions of utmost climate circumstances.