The ministry is still ready to deliver wheat to farmers, the deputy minister of agriculture said.

Abdul Mahdi Bakhshandeh said: “We produced wheat as much as the country needed last year, but for some reason some of the wheat was not sold to us by some producers and is still in their possession.”
Of course, in addition to the 8 million tonnes of wheat purchased by producers at the Ministry of Agriculture, the factories that used free wheat also bought directly from the wheat producers, which bought about one and a half million tonnes, he said. .
He continued: “We ask farmers if they still have a wheat crop they have not delivered to guaranteed shopping centers.
Deputy Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad emphasized: With this year’s supply of inputs and favorable weather conditions, we hope that this year’s wheat production will exceed the country’s needs.
“The wheat meets the country’s demand, but this year, given that part of the wheat was not sold to the government, Bakhshandeh said that the annual demand for wheat is about 11.5 million tonnes, which is increased by strategic reserves.” according to the government’s decision in order to provide strategic reserves about one or two million tonnes of wheat shall be imported.