Punjab has witnessed highest wheat production this year in the last six years. The state has also crossed the procurement target fixed for it by Centre by contributing more than 38% of the total procurement target of wheat across the country for the year 2017-18. The procurement is still on in state. The state and government agencies have purchased 122.13 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) wheat from Punjab’s mandies till May 7 while Centre had fixed a target of 119 LMT for Punjab out of the total target of 320 LMT across the country. The total production of wheat in Punjab is set to reach around 186 LMT against 176 LMT last year. As the entire crop does not come to mandies because farmers also keep if for self consumption, seed purpose and to sell the private players directly instead bringing to grain market.