# Indian farmers expect to harvest record wheat, rice crops this year

> Indian farmers are expected to harvest record wheat of 108.75 million tonnes and record rice of 121.46 million tonnes this year. Rice output estimate was raised from 120.32 million tonnes in February.

- Date: 2021-05-25 · published 2021-05-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47052-indian-farmers-expect-to-harvest-record-wheat-rice-crops-this-year
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Upward revisions to record Indian crops point to larger export-capable supplies of rice and wheat, which weighs on global prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-02-18 | [India to harvest record rice, wheat crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54541-india-to-harvest-record-rice-wheat-crops.md) | +0.3% | +2.1% |
| RICE | 2019-03-13 | [India forecast to harvest record rice crop \| 2019-03-13  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60050-india-forecast-to-harvest-record-rice-crop-2019-03-13-world-grain.md) | +2.8% | -1.9% |
| RICE | 2026-06-16 | [India's rice stocks climb to record high; wheat inventories at five-year peak \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18737-india-s-rice-stocks-climb-to-record-high-wheat-inventories-at-five-year-peak.md) | +9.2% | +18.0% |
| RICE | 2025-09-17 | [India's rice stocks hit record, wheat at four-year high - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22817-india-s-rice-stocks-hit-record-wheat-at-four-year-high-the-hindubusinessline.md) | -2.2% | -8.6% |
| RICE | 2022-02-20 | [What a record harvest means for India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42690-what-a-record-harvest-means-for-india.md) | +3.1% | +6.9% |
| WHEAT | 2020-02-18 | [India to harvest record rice, wheat crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54541-india-to-harvest-record-rice-wheat-crops.md) | -0.9% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-09-11 | [Record EU soft wheat harvest expected this year - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22801-record-eu-soft-wheat-harvest-expected-this-year-agcanada.md) | +0.0% | +0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-08 | [We can expect a larger wheat harvest in the EU this year - Trademagazin](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25052-we-can-expect-a-larger-wheat-harvest-in-the-eu-this-year-trademagazin.md) | +1.7% | +5.2% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-farmers-expect-harvest-record-wheat-rice-crops-this-year-2021-05-25/

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