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Cotton and paddy farmers in Karimnagar are facing distress due to a prolonged dry spell. With cotton seeds withering and paddy transplantation delayed, farmers fear crop loss. Rainfall is 19 percent below average compared to last year’s excess rainfall

Many farmers, particularly small and tenant farmers, have been unable to sell their produce at fair prices

Increased prices of fertilizers, pesticides, land rent, ploughing charges and labour wages add to the farmers’ burden

Lack of government assistance, mounting financial burden compounded by family struggles are leading to tragic outcomes in Telangana's farming community

Officials refuse to buy more than 37 quintals of cotton from each farmer after 4 pm; farmers allege that they were forced to bribe computer operators at ginning mills to sell produce over the stipulated quantity

Farmers alleged that the CCI and State government were intentionally not taking steps to address the glitches in Aadhaar servers

He wants the district collector to lay a special focus on the issue and to inquire into the allegations and take action against wrongdoers

Congress government failed to purchase red gram and other crops as well, says Chanti Kranthi Kiran

Left with no choice but to depend on private traders who quote considerably lower price than MSP, regret ryots

The department initiated a probe into the irregularities when farmer associations lodged a complaint against the officials, alleging that large-scale discrepancies took place in issuance of temporary registrations

This sudden drop has been attributed to sudden increase in arrivals, coupled with absence of trading on the eve of Amavasya

While the cotton crop ready for harvesting, venturing out into fields to harvest cotton balls has become a risky affair, with more than one tiger on the prowl

A section of owners of kirana stores and some small-time businessmen are buying the cotton for around Rs 6,500 per quintal in several parts of erstwhile Adilabad, following lack of supervision by officials concerned

Farmers expressed their frustration, stating that no cotton procurement had taken place for the past three days. They claimed they had been waiting at the CCI center without proper food or rest.

Farmers have been complaining that traders were buying cotton below the minimum support price (MSP) even as their produce met the requisite moisture content conditions. They alleged that the negligence of agriculture and marketing officials was proving costly for them.

Farmers, who raised the commercial cotton crop expecting they would be to make profits by selling the cotton produce at remunerative price this year, are facing one or other problems to sell cotton produce in the district.

Procurement process in all 11 ginning mills across the region comes to a standstill over opposition to new CCI guidelines

Despite the CCI announcing a 7% hike in the MSP this year, with rates set as Rs 7,121 per quintal for medium staple cotton and Rs 7,521 per quintal for long staple cotton, farmers are facing major challenges in marketing their produce

The BRS district president asked whether only farmers of Gujarat get the remunerative price, stating that the BJP was not recognizing the farmers of other States

Cotton farmers, who turned up in large numbers, on Friday were disappointed that the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) and traders were not offering support price of Rs.7,500 per quintal to farmers.