The ongoing cold wave has raised the hopes of farmers in Punjab and Haryana with agriculture experts maintaining that the wintry spell will make up for the loss in wheat yield due to delay in sowing of the crop. In Punjab, where wheat is sown over 34.90 lakh hectares this year, experts say they are expecting a yield of 165 lakh tonnes against the last season’s 177 lakh tonnes. Last year, wheat was sown over 34.95 lakh hectares. In Haryana, wheat is sown over 24.4 lakh hectares this year against the last year’s 25.58 lakh hectares. The state producted 123.8 lakh metric tonne wheat last season, and the agriculture department hoping to get 117.8 lakh metric tonne yield this time.