Tag: Wheat
Sindh imposes ban on wheat movement
With the wheat and flour prices showing an upward trend during the past couple of days, the provincial government on Saturday imposed a ban...
‘Self-sufficiency in wheat due to increase in support price’
Dispelling the impression that wheat flour prices have increased due to the enhanced wheat support price for growers, Sindh Agriculture Minister Syed Ali Nawaz...
‘Self-sufficiency in wheat due to increase in support price’
Dispelling the impression that wheat flour prices have increased due to the enhanced wheat support price for growers, Sindh Agriculture Minister Syed Ali Nawaz...
Pakistan to export 2m tonnes of wheat this year
Pakistan will export another two million tons of wheat this year out of the country’s total production of 24.2 million tons for the current...
Wheat exports cause mass environmental degradation
Whereas the cash-strapped government is busy the record dollar reserves augmented primarily by the export of wheat, rice, cotton and other commodities, the cynical...
Over five million tons of wheat procured
PASSCO and the provincial food departments has procured 84.37 percent wheat of the target set for 2010-11, official sources said.
In total 5,543,315...
Consumers question rationale for wheat exports
Local consumers have grown increasingly worried by the export of millions of tons of ‘excess’ provincial wheat while the prices of flour, sugar and...
Pakistan sells wheat to Indonesia, Malaysia
Pakistan sold some 25,000 tonnes of wheat to Malaysia and Indonesia this week on competitive prices, while Indonesia reduced its corn imports from India...
Wheat procurement touches 3.828m tonnes
Wheat procurement campaign across the country for 2011-12 is now in full swing as provincial food departments and official grains procurement agency PASSCO has...
Agri Forum lashes out at govt’s wheat procurement drive
Agriculture experts estimate that delayed wheat procurement and the cumbersome wheat buying procedure of government agencies will cost wheat growers dearly in the region...
Wheat procurement campaign in full swing in Hafizabad
Wheat procurement campaign is in full swing in district Hafizabad while 1.4 million 100-kg bags will be purchased during this drive at the supporting...
Cheaper Pakistani wheat to dent Australia’s export prospects
Australian wheat exports are set to face stiffer competition as Pakistan, which resumed exports after three years, pours grain from its new crop into...
0.9m tonnes of wheat procured: MinFA
During the current wheat procurement campaign for 2011-12, food departments of the provinces and Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO) have procured about...
Pakistan makes large new wheat exports
Private exporters have made large sales of new crop wheat from Pakistan in the past week totaling 200,000 to 220,000 tonnes, traders said on...
Missing boy’s remains recovered during wheat harvest
The remains of an 11-year-old boy who went missing two months ago were recovered from a wheat field during the harvest. As per details,...
Man kills brother for stealing 40-kg wheat in Hafizabad
A man killed his younger brother for stealing 40 kilograms of wheat in village Solingi Kharal near Hafizabad. According to details, Javed Iqbal, a...
Fire destroys 25 acres standing wheat crop
At least 25 acres standing wheat crop was burnt to ashes in village Pindiwal the other day. Reportedly, a tractor driver threw a burning...
