Hubballi: Usually, farmers grow soybeans using chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and get 10 quintals per acre.
However, BCOM graduates from the Unkal here have been planting soybeans organically and getting 14.5 quintals per acre, which is said to be a note in the region.
Kallanagouda Shettinagoudar Patil, 41, is waiting for the fourth harvest.
Patil told the Toi that he had harvested 196 Quintal from 14acre land.
“I do not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides, but grow plants under the guidance of Ravaji Patel, a farmer-editing-organic farmer from Kadlikoppa Village in Hubballi Taluk.
I provide the first spray of buttermilk and urine of cattle stored for him for more than three months.
Only 0 , 25 liters of each liquid is enough for 16 liters of water.
For the second spray, insect repellent, we use a mixture of cows, neem leaves, partthenium, ace, castor and garlic powder.
Then, the solution used as the first spray is repeated, “he explained , “Because my first attempt in 2018-19 gave me success, I repeated the same thing in 2019-20 and 2020-21.
The price of soybean, which Rs 4,200 per quintal, rose Rs 7,200 last year.
I got Rs 66,000 per hectare after Reduced input fees in 2018-19.
Per-acre net profit was Rs 96,000 years ago.
It was a Kharif plant, and I got Yiend in four months.
Even though we grew a gram bengal in Rabi Season, it was a cut average.
We It prefers soybeans because it is less susceptible to damage, “he said.
Rajashekhar A Anagoudar, Assistant Director of the Ministry of Agriculture, said Patil has become an innovative and progressive farmer.
“He has been ventured by Agri Krushi and Taluk-Level Award and also adjusted the best farmers in the Kisan Mela-2018-19 organized by our department and the University of Agricultural Sciences,” he added.
Karnataka: Farmers turn to organic farming, reap harvested bumper soybeans
