Wheat

	Wheat (Triticum spp.) is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Fertile Crescent region of the Near East. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (784 million tons) and rice (651 million tons). Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, noodles, or biofuel. Wheat is planted to a limited extent as a forage crop for livestock, and the straw can be used as fodder for livestock or as a construction material for roofing thatch.
	Wheat: some semblance of clarity obtaining in market As the provincial food departments enter the last leg of their procurement drives, things are finally gaining some semblance of clarity in the market. In a telephonic conversation earlier this week sources within Punjab Food Department brought BR Research up to date with the government's wheat buying activities, which have been right on track as planned ... FULL STORY		Recent Reports     Issues • Need for comprehensive wheat storage and export policy
	National Out-Look
	Wheat is the main staple food item of the country’s population and largest grain crop of the country. It contributes 13.1 percent to the value added in agriculture and 2.8 percent to GDP. The size of wheat crop is provisionally estimated at 23.4 million tons, 11.7 percent more than last year crop. SOURCE: Economic Survey of Pakistan 2008-09