The cane growers have criticised the private sugar mills for not coming forward to provide the State Advised Price of Rs. 2,650 a tonne of sugar cane fetched for crushing. They demanded the district administration to intervene and ensure that the private sugar mills extended the price to the farmers.
This matter was raised by Nalla Gounder, secretary of the Cane Farmers Association at the monthly farmers grievances redress day meeting held at the Collectorate here on Thursday. The private mills functioning in the district have been continuously refusing to pay the price, he complained.
The State Government is expected to come out with new announcement on cane price by October 1 and even now the private concerns are not budging, he added.
Condemning the attitude of the private sugar mills, the cane farmers sat in dharna holding cane thrash in their hands in front of the District Collector V. Dakshinamoorthy at the meeting hall for some time. Following the Collector’s warning they withdrew the agitation.
A farmer of Vennanthur village said that there is an apprehension among the milk farmers that administration of vaccination to prevent the foot and mouth disease affected milk yield and also the reproductive capability of the animals. The Collector said that according to veterinary experts, vaccination was the best way to check the foot and mouth disease. The milk yield will be affected only for one or two times.
Sivagnanam of R. Pudupatti village urged the Agriculture Department to come out with a booklet explaining the various government schemes for the benefit of the farmers.
Boobalan, president of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Commodity Producers Group, said that the crop insurance scheme is very beneficial to the farmers.
