Karnal, May 16 -- The 45-day long wheat procurement under the rabi marketing season 2026-27 ended on Friday, with the state government purchasing 80.89 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of crop, above than the season's target of 75 LMT.

This season's arrival was recorded at 84.45 LMT. Last year, the total arrival of wheat was 75.61 LMT, out of which 72.41 LMT was procured and the rest was purchased by private buyers.

The procurement operations, which began on April 1 at 416 purchase centres by the food, civil supplies and consumer affairs department, were later increased to 589 centres across the state.

Three agencies - Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited (HAFED), Haryana State Warehousing Corporation and Food Corp...