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In India, U.P, Punjab, and Haryana are the major __________ producing states.

Wheat is an important cereal crop that is grown mainly in the temperate areas of the world. It forms the major component of food in the temperate regions. Since wheat requires warm and moist conditions in its early stages and dry, sunny conditions in the later stages of its growth, temperate areas provide the ideal prerequisites for its cultivation. Loamy soil is the composition of the sand, silt and smaller amount of clay. It is rich in minerals. The loamy soils and its organic and biological components in the temperate areas also add to its high production in the region. In India wheat is a rabi crop grown between October and March in the northern states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana.