Thousands of metric tonnes of wheat lying in the open at grain markets got drenched in the light to moderate rainfall that lashed the district on May 02.The inclement weather hit the wheat procurement as well. The rain added to the miseries of the farmers who were yet to harvest their crop and also those who had brought their crop to the grain markets on 2nd May morning. State marketing board officials said 2 lakh MT of wheat in gunny bags were yet to be lifted from grain markets. “The expected arrival of wheat in Moga district is 9.23 lakh MT. About 91.54% of the total payment for the purchased wheat had been released to farmers. He claimed that since 99.9 per cent of wheat brought to the Moga grain markets till May 02 evening was purchased by the government agencies, farmers need not worry about the inclement weather. The procurement process is likely to resume only after the sun shines bright to dry the wet grains. The agencies are not accepting grains with higher moisture content.