Madhya Pradesh: Farmers release cattle in cotton fields in protest against MSP
By yash chouhan 2025-11-27 11:19:39
Madhya Pradesh: Farmers let cattle into cotton crops, refusing to go to Khandwa for MSP.
Burhanpur : Sunil Mahajan, a farmer from Loni village, let cattle into his cotton crop. He fed the cattle the cotton grown on 2 acres. Following banana farmers in Burhanpur, cotton farmers are now forced to feed their standing crops to cattle instead of selling their cotton in the market.
Cotton being transported to Khandwa for MSP Farmer Sunil Mahajan had planted cotton on 2 acres. However, upset that the cotton was being purchased at the support price in Khandwa instead of Burhanpur, he destroyed his cotton crop by feeding it to cattle. The farmer is describing this as both compulsion and protest. The video of the cattle feeding the cotton crop is now rapidly going viral on social media.
Demand for Cotton Purchase at MSP in Burhanpur Cotton is being purchased at the support price by the Central Industrial Security Corporation (CCI) in Khandwa, but farmers are finding it extremely difficult to transport their crop from Burhanpur to Khandwa. The transportation cost has increased, leading to farmers abandoning their cattle in the cotton fields. Now, distressed farmers have demanded that the government arrange for cotton purchases at the support price in Burhanpur itself.
The MSP for cotton is set at Rs. 8,200 per quintal. Cotton has been planted on more than 16,000 hectares in Burhanpur. This year, the government has set the support price for cotton at Rs. 8,200 per quintal, but Burhanpur farmers are unable to benefit from the support price. The requirement to pay transportation charges to sell cotton at the support price has exacerbated farmers' problems. Burhanpur farmers must pay transportation charges to transport cotton to the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) Khandwa procurement center, a demand local farmers have refused.
Cattle released into the fields as a protest Farmers have defied CCI's conditions and, in protest, have released cattle to graze in the fields, destroying the crops. Cotton farmer Sunil Mahajan says, "The government should take care of cotton-producing farmers so they don't have to face financial hardship. If the government doesn't take concrete steps soon, cotton-producing farmers will lose interest in the crop. Farmers will be forced to turn to other crops, which will lead to a decline in cotton production and could lead to difficulties in manufacturing cotton-based products in the future."
