Andhra farmers dump tomatoes in open as price crashes to Rs 3 a kg

[Anta Assamey]

Farmers in Andhra Padesh’s Kurnool and Nandyal districts are dumping tomatoes on roads as the price has crashed to Rs 3 a kg in the wholesale market.

Only a few days ago, tomatoes were being sold for Rs 150 to Rs 200 a kg, but now the same veggie is being dumped on roads by the farmers.

On Thursday, the price in Pyapili market in Nandyal district dropped to Rs 3 a kg. Realising that by selling tomatoes at such a low price they will not be able to recover labour and transport charges, farmers dumped them on roads or in open areas in the villages. 

Farmers threw hundreds of tonnes of tomatoes near the Dhone National Highway. Cattle were seen feeding on the heaps of tomatoes.

The prices have drastically come down over the last few days due to increase in production following heavy rains.

Prices have also slumped in Madanapalle market in Chittoor district.

It may be recalled that some farmers in Telugu states became millionaires due to record increase in prices of tomatoes in July-August. A tomato farmer from Chittoor district had literally hit the jackpot by earning a whopping Rs 4 crore in 45 days.

The 48-year-old sold his produce not only in the tomato market in Madanapalle, but also transported the crop to neighbouring Karnataka as it fetched higher price there.

[Ryzen_renoir]

A tomato plant takes 40 to 60 days to start producing fruit , notice how many days has it been since hike in tomato prices ? 

A lot of people started planting it after seeing 200 rupees rate but they don't realise the rate will crash as soon as new crop hits the market 

India needs cold storages , futures contracts , green house production , etc 

Sadly nothing will change since farm bills have been scrapped , boom and bust cycle will continue 

[psycopk]

Too sad 

[hunkyfunky2]

39 minutes ago, Anta Assamey said:

Farmers in Andhra Padesh’s Kurnool and Nandyal districts are dumping tomatoes on roads as the price has crashed to Rs 3 a kg in the wholesale market.

Only a few days ago, tomatoes were being sold for Rs 150 to Rs 200 a kg, but now the same veggie is being dumped on roads by the farmers.

On Thursday, the price in Pyapili market in Nandyal district dropped to Rs 3 a kg. Realising that by selling tomatoes at such a low price they will not be able to recover labour and transport charges, farmers dumped them on roads or in open areas in the villages. 

Farmers threw hundreds of tonnes of tomatoes near the Dhone National Highway. Cattle were seen feeding on the heaps of tomatoes.

The prices have drastically come down over the last few days due to increase in production following heavy rains.

Prices have also slumped in Madanapalle market in Chittoor district.

It may be recalled that some farmers in Telugu states became millionaires due to record increase in prices of tomatoes in July-August. A tomato farmer from Chittoor district had literally hit the jackpot by earning a whopping Rs 4 crore in 45 days.

The 48-year-old sold his produce not only in the tomato market in Madanapalle, but also transported the crop to neighbouring Karnataka as it fetched higher price there.

That's why you need food processing units and supply chain management,,

 

[Konebhar6]

2 hours ago, hunkyfunky2 said:

That's why you need food processing units and supply chain management,,

 

From 40cr profit news to dumping them. Agriculture has indeed become gambling

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

A tomato plant takes 40 to 60 days to start producing fruit , notice how many days has it been since hike in tomato prices ? 

A lot of people started planting it after seeing 200 rupees rate but they don't realise the rate will crash as soon as new crop hits the market 

India needs cold storages , futures contracts , green house production , etc 

Sadly nothing will change since farm bills have been scrapped , boom and bust cycle will continue 

Most of these farmers are dumb idiots who don't have requisite education credentials but think they know Agriculture better than everyone. They're unable to capture the opportunity of "reservation" & use it to their maximum benefit. 

[tokkalogola]

5 hours ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

A tomato plant takes 40 to 60 days to start producing fruit , notice how many days has it been since hike in tomato prices ? 

A lot of people started planting it after seeing 200 rupees rate but they don't realise the rate will crash as soon as new crop hits the market 

India needs cold storages , futures contracts , green house production , etc 

Sadly nothing will change since farm bills have been scrapped , boom and bust cycle will continue 

First of all ppl need common sense

[Ryzen_renoir]

33 minutes ago, tokkalogola said:

First of all ppl need common sense

Explain what common sense are they lacking 

[Allasaani_Peddana]

New farm laws vaddani disco chesaru gaa.

[Pavanonline]

9 hours ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

A tomato plant takes 40 to 60 days to start producing fruit , notice how many days has it been since hike in tomato prices ? 

A lot of people started planting it after seeing 200 rupees rate but they don't realise the rate will crash as soon as new crop hits the market 

India needs cold storages , futures contracts , green house production , etc 

Sadly nothing will change since farm bills have been scrapped , boom and bust cycle will continue 

Sheep behavior, happens almost every year 

[Ryzen_renoir]

18 minutes ago, Pavanonline said:

Sheep behavior, happens almost every year 

Indian agriculture is extremely uncoordinated by design. Polticians do not want farmers to have a unions and coordinate activities 

If government employees who number only 1 to 2% can have so much influence on elections , imagine what can a statewide farmer union do any government 

That is exactly why no one knows when to plant or whether prices will crash or rise. Everything is a gamble 

[bharathicement]

2 hours ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

Indian agriculture is extremely uncoordinated by design. Polticians do not want farmers to have a unions and coordinate activities 

If government employees who number only 1 to 2% can have so much influence on elections , imagine what can a statewide farmer union do any government 

That is exactly why no one knows when to plant or whether prices will crash or rise. Everything is a gamble 

Thats fine bro. You have a valid argument.

But see the other side of the coin (other countries like so called Western ones).

The only way out is to get into agreement with Super-market chains like Walmart, Carrefour, Tesco...who will:

1. First lease the farmers land.

2. Decide the seed type, seeding time, reaping time, insecticides, pesticides .. in fact they do not do farming, they do factory farming -- you see a similar homogeneous mango, apple, banana...all having common taste, common texture.

3. The super markets decide the price, time to reap and size of each product - for grading, pricing, transport convenience.

4. After 10 or 20 years, there are no farmers, only factories of farming land with sophisticated machines.

5. All through the country, only warehouses that store all our essentials -- the price of which will be decided by managers at Supermarket Offices sitting in NewYork London, Paris -- who would have never stepped into mud in their life time.

Finally, the same thing that you are suspecting with politicians will be done by Super-market managers.