# Foodgrain production set to touch a record high - The Hindu

> The agriculture ministry's second advance estimate puts 2019-20 foodgrain output at a record 291.95 million tonnes. Wheat is forecast at 106.2 million tonnes and rice at 117.47 million tonnes, both higher than the previous year.

- Date: 2020-02-18 · published 2020-02-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54544-foodgrain-production-set-to-touch-a-record-high-the-hindu
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Record Indian wheat and rice output increases domestic supply and reduces import needs, which is bearish for world grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2016-12-07 | [Winter crop production to hit record high: ABARES](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73447-winter-crop-production-to-hit-record-high-abares.md) | +1.1% | +0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-01-28 | [Record foodgrain production, procurement in 2018-19: Paswan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61067-record-foodgrain-production-procurement-in-2018-19-paswan.md) | +0.1% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-12 | [Global wheat production set to hit record 777Mt: USDA - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59058-global-wheat-production-set-to-hit-record-777mt-usda-grain-central.md) | -0.4% | +4.7% |
| WHEAT | 2026-05-27 | [India’s foodgrain production up 5% in 2025-26 crop year - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19229-india-s-foodgrain-production-up-5-in-2025-26-crop-year-the-hindubusinessline.md) | -2.7% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2018-06-13 | [India’s food grain production to reach new record \| World-grain.com \| June 13, 2018 14:12 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64486-india-s-food-grain-production-to-reach-new-record-world-grain-com-june-13-2018.md) | -2.0% | -8.2% |
| RICE | 2018-05-16 | [Foodgrain production at record 279.5 million tonnes in 2017-18](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65004-foodgrain-production-at-record-279-5-million-tonnes-in-2017-18.md) | -1.2% | -3.2% |
| RICE | 2025-12-10 | [India sets another grain production record \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21464-india-sets-another-grain-production-record-world-grain.md) | -5.9% | -1.6% |
| RICE | 2019-01-28 | [Record foodgrain production, procurement in 2018-19: Paswan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61067-record-foodgrain-production-procurement-in-2018-19-paswan.md) | -0.2% | -5.3% |

## Sources

- thehindu.com: https://www.thehindu.com/business/foodgrain-production-set-to-touch-a-record-high/article30853940.ece

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