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Wheat output may touch all time high of 100 million tonnes in 2017-18

The country's wheat production is expected to touch an all-time high of over 100 million tonnes in the current 2017-18 due to likely increase in acreage and yields. <br/><br/>Agriculture Secretary S K Pattanayak said in New Delhi yesterday that "Rabi sowing is progressing well and they were hoping wheat production to touch over 100 million tonnes this year.<br/><br/>In the 2016-17 crop year, wheat production had reached a record 98.36 million tonnes. <br/><br/>The previous high was 95.85 million tonnes in 2013-14. The government has kept a target of 97.50 million tonnes wheat output for the current year.

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