Wheat costs more despite record crop

Wheat costs more despite record crop

Only a few months after Punjab's wheat harvest, concerns over the country's staple food are resurfacing, with farmers, flour millers and agricultural organisations warning that policy failures, market uncertainty and supply disruptions could once again push wheat and flour prices higher. Prices have started increasing despite the Punjab chief minister's claim of a record 22 million tonnes of wheat harvested this season. Farmer lobbies said Pakis…