The harvest includes 535,000 hectares of irrigated wheat fields and 219,000 hectares of rain-fed crops.
As one of Iran’s main agricultural hubs, Khuzestan is expected to yield approximately 1.8 million tons of wheat this season.
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Golden fields of Khuzestan: Iran’s breadbasket begins bountiful wheat harvest
Farmers in Iran’s southern Khuzestan province have started harvesting wheat across 754,000 hectares of farmland, according to the provincial Agricultural Jihad Organization.
