Cotton traders from other States are offering Telangana farmers prices above the MSP as harvesting gains pace. Farmers cite rising cultivation costs and falling yields. The CCI is preparing 131 procurement centres, while some growers seek better prices in Karnataka
Unseasonal rain in Warangal drenched cotton and maize kept for sale at Enumamula market, compounding farmers’ woes after recent cyclonic showers. Traders and CCI halted purchases, prompting demands for official intervention as crops lay soaked in open yards
The State had registered a 36 per cent increase in the area under chilli crop this year. Nearly four lakh acres of area were brought under the chilli crop this season in the State.
Warangal: The desi variety of red chilli was sold at an all-time record price of Rs.90,000 per quintal at the Enumamula market here on Thursday. A farmer Kancha Ashok from Hybathpally village of Parkal mandal in Hanamkonda district, who brought a bag of chillies weighing 40 kg to the market, got the highest ever price. […]
