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ECC okays wheat procurement targets for 2024

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Friday approved the wheat procurement plan for the ongoing year 2024, ARY News reported. The ECC meeting, held...

2024 staple food supplies to be strained by dry weather, export curbs

SINGAPORE: High food prices in recent years have prompted farmers worldwide to plant more cereals and oilseeds, but consumers are set to face tighter...

India’s wheat stocks hit 7-year low

NEW DELHI: India's wheat inventories at state warehouses have dropped to 19 million metric tons, the lowest in seven years, two government sources said...

Damaged wheat worth billions up for auctions

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO) stated that damaged wheat worth billions is up for auctions, ARY News reported.  As per details, the...

India considers wheat imports from Russia to bring down prices

India is in talks with Russia to import wheat at a discount to surging global prices in a rare move to boost supplies and...

Russian ship carrying wheat docks at Karachi

KARACHI: The first consignment of wheat imported from Russia by the private sector reached the Karachi port on Sunday, ARY News reported. According to sources,...

India may cut wheat import duty if needed

NEW DELHI: India may cut wheat import duty if required, broadcaster ET Now reported on Friday citing the head of the state-run Food Corporation...

Wheat: Pakistan’s Primary Staple

By Nabeel Zafar: The unstoppable inflation has badly affected the prices of Wheat: Pakistan’s primary staple and this crisis is yet another reminder that...

Wheat price soars to Rs5,100 per 40kg in Lahore

LAHORE: The price for a 40kg wheat bag has soared to Rs5,100 in Lahore, ARY News reported on Tuesday quoting dealers. Per 40kg wheat being...

Punjab foils bid to smuggle wheat, flour to Afghanistan

RAWALPINDI: The officials of the Punjab Food Department on Friday foiled a bid to smuggle wheat and flour to Afghanistan, ARY News reported.  As per...

India to offer 2 mn tonne more wheat to cool prices

India will provide an additional 2 million tonnes of wheat to bulk consumers such as flour millers, as part of efforts to lower prices,...

India to harvest record wheat, rapeseed crop in 2023

India's 2023 wheat production is likely to rise 4.1% to a record 112.2 million tonnes, the government said on Tuesday, as higher prices prompted...

PFMA distances itself from flour mills ‘stealing govt wheat’

LAHORE: The Punjab Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has distanced itself from the mills, which are involved in ‘stealing wheat’ provided by the government, ARY...

Food minister dispels impression of wheat shortage in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security Tariq Bashir Cheema Friday dispelled the impression that there is any dearth of wheat in the country and...

Wheat worth mlns missing from govt warehouses

Sindh: Thousands of metric tons of wheat vanished from Sindh government warehouses. According to the letter, written to Secretary Food for action by District Food...

ECC approves summary to import 300,000 MT wheat from Russia

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday approved the summary for the purchase of 300,000 MT of wheat from Russia on a government-to-government (G2G)...

Cabinet approves imports of urea, wheat: sources

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved the Economic Coordination Committee’s (ECC) decisions to import nearly $300 million worth of urea fertiliser and wheat through...

Sindh govt issues 56,000 mt.tn subsidized wheat quota to flour mills

Karachi: Sindh govt, in a bid to control skyrocketing flour prices, provided flour mills with 56,000 metric tonnes of wheat, ARY News reported.  The wheat...

Center-Punjab wheat dispute settled – Ministry of Food sources

Lahore: The federal government and Punjab government's feud over the provision of wheat has been settled as the centre agreed to provide the province...

Sindh govt fixes wheat price at Rs4000 for 2022-23

The Sindh cabinet on Sunday gave the approval to fix per maund wheat price at Rs4000 for the fiscal year 2022-23, ARY News reported...

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