Record wheat harvest on cards for 2007-08

Record wheat harvest on cards for 2007-08

BS Reporter / New Delhi April 22, 2008

The country is estimated to harvest a record wheat production of 76.78 million tonnes in 2007-08 according to the third advanced estimate of production released by the agricultural ministry today. This is higher than the previous record of 76.37 million tonnes during 1999-2000 and up 0.97 million tonnes from last year