Organic Wheat

Wheat is the main cereal crop in India. The total area under the crop is about 29.8 million hectares in the country. The production of wheat in the country has increased significantly from 75.81 million MT in 2006-07 to an all time record high of 94.88 million MT in 2011-12. The productivity of wheat which was 2602 kg/hectare in 2004-05 has increased to 3140 kg/hectare in 2011-12. The major increase in the productivity of wheat has been observed in the states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Higher area coverage is reported from MP in recent years.

Indian wheat is largely a soft/medium hard, medium protein, white bread wheat, somewhat similar to U.S. hard white wheat. Wheat grown in central and western India is typically hard, with high protein and high gluten content. India also produces around 1.0-1.2 million tons of durum wheat, mostly in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Most Indian durum is not marketed separately due to segregation problems in the market yards. However, some quantities are purchased by the private trade at a price premium, mainly for processing of higher value/branded products.

Wheat (Triticum) is the second most important winter cereal in India after rice contributing sustantially to the national food security by providing more than 50% of the calories to the people who mainly depend on it. In histoical perspective india had made spectacular advancement in productivity and sustainability of wheat and wheat based cropping system.The scenario of the past ten years has clearly indicated that the wheat production in the country has soared ahead despite area remaining the same.The wheat programme has released 399 wheat varieties, comprising bread wheat (335),durum (54),dicoccum (5) and triticale (5), for cultivation under different production conditions in all the wheat growing zones.

There are various types of wheat in India like – Red Wheat, Hard Red Winter Wheat,  Hard Red Spring Wheat, Soft Red Winter Wheat ,white Wheat, Hard White Winter Wheat,Soft white Winter Wheat and Durum Wheat. All are cultivated in south and north India. The final variety of wheat is the hardest wheat in existence, and is also the highest in protein. Durum wheat is grown primarily in North Dakota, and is used for the highest quality pastas and noodles (Italy, for example, uses Durum wheat exclusively to make their world-famous pasta dishes). However, despite its high protein content it is very low in gluten, meaning that although it is an excellent ingredient to mix with other flours there are very few recipes for a purely Durum-based bread.

This grain is grown on more land area than any other commercial food.World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined. Globally, wheat is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food, having a higher protein content than other major cereals, maize (corn) or rice. In terms of total production tonnages used for food, it is currently second to rice as the main human food crop and ahead of maize, after allowing for maize’s more extensive use in animal feed.

Next to rice, wheat is the most important food-grain of India and is the staple food of millions of Indians, particularly in the northern and north-western parts of the country. It is rich in proteins, vitamins and carbohydrates and provides balanced food. India is the fourth largest producer of wheat in the world after Russia, the USA and China and accounts for 8.7 per cent of the world’s total production of wheat.

Wheat  (Farm Dressed )
Specification
Moisture	12% to 13% (Max)
Foreign Matter	1.5%
Test Weight	70 KG/HL
Other Food Grains	2% (Max)
Damaged Grain	2% (Max)
Shriveled & Broken	5% (Max)
Bkeack Head	1%
Protein	12% to 14%
Gluten (Wet Basis)	22to  26%
Origin	Indian
Packing	In strong pp bags 50 kg packing net/gross or Loose in Bulk
1fcl/20ft	24 to 25mt/1fcl
Used	Feed Purpose