Tag: wheat cultivation in india

Wheat is a Rabi crop which requires low temperature between 10-15°C at the time of sowing and 21-26°C at the time of harvesting and rainfall less than 100 cm and more than 75 cm rainfall.

It is the staple food in north and northwestern India.

Top producer of wheat is Uttar Pradesh.

This is the second most important cereal crop. It is the main food crop, in north and north-western part of the country. This rabi crop requires a cool growing season and a bright sunshine at the time of ripening. It requires 50 to 75 cm of annual rainfall evenly distributed over the growing season. 

The Northern Spring Wheat region (III) of the United States is physically similar to the Canadian Prairies. Spring wheat is the major crop of North Dakota and much of Montana. Barley, durum, flax, sunflowers, oats, and other small grains are also produced.

• Wheat is considered as the major Rabi crop of Punjab which is a winter crop.
  
• Top three states producing wheat are Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana.
  
• After Rice, wheat is the second most important crop of India.
  
• The staple food in north and north western India is wheat.
  

Largest Wheat producing state in India is Uttar Pradesh