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Cotton farmers in Khammam face poor yield due to heavy rains and urea shortage. While officials predict minor losses, farmers fear up to 60 per cent drop. Support price concerns and harvesting costs are adding to their financial stress

Telangana’s 341 ginning mills have boycotted Cotton Corporation of India tenders, protesting new procurement rules that they say are impractical and harmful to business. The standoff, amid heavy rain damage, threatens to push cotton farmers into a deeper financial crisis.

CCI will pilot its Kapas Kisan app in Medak to ensure transparent cotton procurement, curb middlemen, and streamline farmer participation, with 49 centres being prepared to handle this year’s arrivals.

Telangana Rythu Sangham farmers staged a protest in Wyra mandal of Khammam demanding immediate supply of 500 metric tonnes of urea. They warned of falling paddy yields and losses in cotton and green gram due to inadequate fertiliser supply and delayed Markfed purchases

As Telangana’s cotton marketing season nears, farmers are preparing for a rush at procurement centres due to mandi prices falling well below the MSP. With over 6 lakh farmers affected, the state has expanded procurement facilities and introduced digital tools like the Kapas Kisan App to manage the surge. However, concerns persist over payment delays, quality rejections, and private traders exploiting long queues.

BRS leader Peddi Sudarshan Reddy said cotton farmers had suffered massive financial losses due to a fraudulent nexus between traders and officials

Reports indicate that the fire erupted at a warehouse owned by the Cotton Corporation of India, located in Pudur village, Medchal. Upon noticing the fire, the workers on the premises quickly evacuated the area.

Continuous rains and the onset of winter are making life difficult for farmers to keep the moisture between 8 and 12, as stipulated by the CCI.

To prevent the situation from escalating any further, the State government held a meeting and mediated between the CCI and the ginning mills' owners to resolve the issue.

The union leaders who met on Sunday wrote a letter to Union Minister Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the CCI CMD regarding the suspension of cotton purchases.

BRS leader and former minister S Niranjan Reddy demanded that the support price given to cotton in Gujarat be extended to Telangana farmers as well.

Farmers led by CPI (M) activists staged a protest as the Cotton Corporation of India has decided to close the cotton purchasing centre at Sadsivapet town from February 1

The government is offering a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 7,020 per quintal for long staple cotton and Rs 6,620 for medium staple cotton

According to the district agriculture marketing officer MA Aleem, cotton crop was cultivated in about 1,85,000 lakh acres across the district and 1.40 lakh metric tonnes of produce was expected in Vanakalam season

Adilabad: In a record of sorts, the price of cotton continues to go up in Adilabad, cheering growers of the crop. The phenomenon can be attributed to high demand in the international market for the cotton, following poor yield of the crop in different countries across the globe. While the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) […]

Officials directed to make arrangements for smooth procurement in Adilabad

Sakthivel also noted that apparel exporters were grateful to the minister for her continuous support in bringing stability in cotton price and predictability in availability of cotton, which encouraged Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to reduce the price of cotton to small mill owners

In a letter submitted to the Minister, CCI Ltd Deputy GM P Amarnath Reddy said the CCI was functioning from a rented building since its inception in 1990 and was paying a huge rent resulting in a financial burden on it

Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Tuesday urged the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to remove restrictions imposed on quantity of purchase of cotton at Minimum Support Price immediately. He urged the CCI not to impose such restrictions till January end in the best interest of the farming community in Telangana State. In a […]

It may be recalled that the FCI which had procured over 83 lakh tonnes paddy during last year, had recently revised the guidelines.