The domestic wheat harvest season will officially end on the June 15, with Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy telling Al Borsa that the state has bought 4.7 mn tonnes of local wheat, up 5.5% from the ministry’s target of 4-4.5 mn tonnes. Hanafy refuted reports that supply would hit 5 mn tons by mid-June, with the daily supply rate dropping 85% compared to the mid-season rate, according to an unnamed source. The ministry is currently in talks with the Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit about providing benefits to farmers who produced amounts exceeding their targets. The bank is due to settle with farmers within three days at the latest. Meanwhile, mills are currently awaiting a decision from the ministry to begin the wheat-grinding process as the state is temporarily halting wheat imports to try to curb the mixing of locally sourced and imported wheat.