Cotton farmers in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu state are hopeful of getting good prices for their crop in the coming week. Actually, the harvesting of cotton crop is going on at a fast pace in the district. This is the reason why the farmers have once again raised the hope of increasing the prices. At present, cotton is being sold at an average of Rs 65 per kg, while last year in the same season the price had increased up to Rs 103 per kg.
Bakkinathan, a farmer from Ramanathapuram said “Last year, the prices were above Rs 100 per kg at the initial stage of harvesting, but it came down to Rs 65 per kg at the end of the season. Now, the price at the initial stage is Rs 65. We Hopefully this will increase in the coming weeks."
Being the most widely grown crop in the district after paddy and chilli, cotton was cultivated in about 8,800 hectares this year. Cotton is generally cultivated in two seasons; The first season starts in January-February and lasts till April.
Agriculture officials said the area under cotton cultivation has increased this year as the crop fetched higher prices last year. The total crop this year is likely to cross 2 lakh metric tonnes. Currently, farmers are opting for regulated markets to sell their produce. Last year, over 1.4 lakh tonnes of cotton was harvested during the season and sold through regulated markets.
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