Karnal, April 29 -- Haryana on Tuesday surpassed its wheat procurement target of 75 lakh metric tonne (LMT), with purchases touching 76.57 LMT more than two weeks before the rabi marketing season ends on May 15.

As per the state government's e-kharid portal, wheat procurement touched 76.57 LMT till 7 pm, while total arrivals reached 82.72 LMT.

While farmers are elated by the development, wheat scientists attribute the robust procurement to high-yielding varieties, favourable weather conditions and low disease incidence. Ratan Tiwari, Director at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), said that new, high-yielding, and climate-resilient varieties have largely been adopted in the region, and farmers followed guidel...