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The decisive role played by private traders, who have been reaching out to farmers with a liberal approach regarding moisture content, has impacted the civil supplies corporation's MSP operations

Some rice millers in the district are allegedly trying to claim the bonus of Rs.500 per quintal being provided to farmers for fine variety rice by the State government.

This comes after clashes at Shambhu border two days ago, where police prevented them from advancing toward the national capital

Several districts, including Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Khammam, and Bhadradri Kothagudem, are expected to experience moderate rainfall due to the impact of Cyclone Fengal.

The procurement included 5.67 lakh metric tonnes of fine varieties as against 16.06 lakh metric tonnes of coarse varieties.

Says the Chief Minister has no time or interest to address farmers' issues in the State

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.

Adilabad district Agro Industries Association president Raju Chintawar told ‘Telangana Today’ that the CCI set a cap on the quantity of cotton being procured by the ginning mills.

The paddy purchases at the local procurement centre continued to be tardy and the stocks moved to the yards were being rejected repeatedly on the pretext that the moisture content was above the permissible levels, the farmers said.

Harish Rao said that the government had failed to make arrangements to purchase paddy, cotton, and maize, forcing farmers to sell their produce to middlemen at a much cheaper rate than the MSP.

Ramanna alleged that the government colluded with the private traders and was procuring the cotton produce. It was cheating the farmers by offering a nominal minimum support price (MSP) to the cotton.

KTR found fault with the BJP offering a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 8,800 per quintal of cotton in Gujarat, significantly higher than the Rs.7500 being offered to farmers of Adilabad

While Adilabad topped in growing the cash crop by seeing 3.96 lakh acres, Kumram Bheem Asifabad district accounted for 3.30 lakh acres

The BRS leader sought to know from the Centre as to why the MSP for cotton in Gujarat is different from the rest of the country

The largest increase in MSP is for rapeseed and mustard, which saw a rise of Rs 300 per quintal, followed by lentil (masur) with an increase of Rs 275 per quintal. Other increases include Rs 210 per quintal for gram, Rs 150 for wheat, Rs 140 for safflower, and Rs 130 for barley, as reported by the CCEA.

Revanth Reddy asked District Collectors to establish exclusive procurement centres for fine rice varieties or to arrange exclusive weighing machines within the procurement centres.

Despite Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageshwar Rao’s repeated appeal to farmers for advice on how to extend Rythu Bharosa to tenant farmers, a majority of the farmers skipped the subject.

Directs it to remove the barricading set up at the Shambhu border near Ambala where farmers have been camping since February 13

To submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister and the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha