Kanive, Nov. 24: The market price of corn, a short-term profit crop on which farmers in rural areas largely depend, has fallen. Due to this, farmers who grow corn are in danger of losing money. While one quintal of dried corn costs Rs. 1,700 in the market, the same undried (green) corn costs Rs. 1,300 to Rs. 1,400. Last year, the same corn cost Rs. 2,200 per quintal. Compared to this year, farmers have expressed their dissatisfaction that there is a difference of Rs. 500 to Rs. 600.
Chikkahosur farmers Manjunath and Sadashiva lamented that the current market price is not enough to invest in corn in cooperative societies and by taking loans.
If corn is grown in one acre of land, 30 to 35 bags of corn are harvested. If this corn was harvested, it should have been 10 to 15 thousand after deducting the expenses. However, this time the deadly fungus that attacked the corn had a fatal effect on the yield. So the yield fell completely. Young farmers like Lohit, Shivanna, Manju, Avinash and others from Madapatna have lamented that the price has also fallen.
Since so much corn crop is coming to the market this time due to the increased corn collection in neighboring Tamil Nadu and Bihar, in the Kushalnagar area of Kodagu, if this corn, which is usually the main source of income for the small expenses of the rural farmers, is also lost, the condition of the farmers will be miserable, says Torehunu farmer T.L. Mahesh, expressing his dissatisfaction.
Cost of growing corn
Usually it costs 55 thousand to harvest corn from one acre of land. If one acre of land is taken on lease, the land owner will have to pay Rs 10,000, a total of Rs 12,000 for ploughing, Rs 5,000 for sowing seeds, Rs 12,000 for sowing fertilizers and six bags of fertilizer for growth after 20 days of sowing, Rs 4,000 for spraying pesticides for pest control, Rs 2,500 for applying urea fertilizer to the corn kernels to ripen, and Rs 15,000 for the laborers to harvest and transport to the market, so the total cost will be at least Rs 50 to 55,000.
Yield
If one acre of land is cultivated properly, 35 to 40 bags of corn will be produced. The current market price per quintal is Rs 1,350, which is Rs 52 to 55,000. The cost will be Rs 52 to 55,000. Thus, the farmers are facing more expenses than income, which is why the fear of price decline is worrying.
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