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There is a fall in the price of soybean. These days soybean is being sold much below the MSP. The reason for the fall in soybean prices is the current Kharif season.
Naiduniya News, Barvet. Due to the wrong policies of the government for the last several years, soybean producing farmers are facing a lot of disappointment. The situation is such that the price of soybean is now even lower than the rate at which it was being sold 10 years ago.
Soybean is being sold below the support price in the market and in the mandis. The soybean season is going to start after one and a half months. Before this, farmers are getting angry about the price of soybean. There is anger among the farmers due to not getting a fair price for the crop.
It is worth noting that the main crop of the farmers of this region is soybean. Soybean is cultivated the most here in the Kharif season. That is why it is known as yellow gold. Soybean is the main crop sown in large quantities by the farmers in the Kharif season.
Farmers have now started a campaign on social media demanding a fair price for soybean. The effect of this campaign has started showing. District President of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh Mahendra Hamad said that farmers have raised their voice demanding increase in the price of soybean. Bharatiya Kisan Union will run a campaign to submit memorandum from village level to state level.
Soybean is being sold at a price lower than the support price
Arjun Patidar, a farmer of village Bodayta, said that the support price of soybean has been fixed at Rs 4892 per quintal. But soybean is being purchased by the mandis and traders at a price much lower than this price. Due to which the farmers are facing a loss of about one thousand to thirteen hundred rupees. While on the other hand, new soybean is going to arrive after two and a half months. Farmers are getting Rs 4000 per quintal in the mandis. It will be difficult for the farmers to even recover the cost.
Farmers started a campaign on social media
Tehsil President of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Ishwar Patidar said that due to the wrong policies of the government, the price of soybean has not increased. On the other hand, the prices of the products used by farmers in farming have increased a lot. There has been a huge increase in the prices of fertilizers, medicines, labour etc.
But farmers are not getting fair prices for their crops. Farmer leaders said that farmers are making their voices heard by the government through social media. Now it remains to be seen how seriously the government takes the demands of farmers.
Many messages about price hike
Posts are going viral on social media WhatsApp and Facebook regarding the price of soybean. In these, farmers are demanding that the price of soybean be increased. District General Secretary of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Jitendra Patidar said that right now messages are being sent to the government on social media regarding the price of soybean.
Memoranda will be submitted from the Gram Panchayat to the state level for a week from September 1 to September 7. If the government does not pay attention even after that, then this issue will take the form of a movement.