Nagpur: farmers in this region face Pang Labor this year.
After the rain down the Soyabean plant, agriculture has now almost doubled their wages to harvest it from the flooding fields.
To harvest Soyabean, workers now demand around RS3,000 to RS3,500.
Until last year the standard rates were in the range of Rs 1500 to 1700, the sources said in the interior.
Farmers say farms in Vidarbha and Marathwada are caused by excessive rain.
“There is a big loss for farmers because of rain.
To avoid further damage to plant farmers wants to resolve the earliest harvest.
It has raised wages,” said Manish Jadhav a farmer from Mahavaon Taluka in Yavatmal.
On the one hand if the rain has damaged soybean plants, on the other hand the output per acre is expected to be more in several bags.
This means even if the quality may be lower the amount may be higher, say the farmer’s part.
Hoping that the family can get a good profit from this year’s Soyabean, workers also demand high wages, Ti Farmers spoke.
Even the harvesters who supply have increased the level of quoting higher diesel prices.
From Rs 2,000, a hectare, Harvester rent has risen to Rs 2500, said the farmer.
Vallabh Deshmukh, a Director of the Seed-producing Company of the State Government – Mahabeej, said that agricultural workers from neighboring Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have also reached the Buldhana district for the soothabean harvest.
“This is because of the high demand for agricultural hands.
The wages are almost doubled but the results are expected to be at least at the Buldhana,” he said.
Amitabh Pawde, a farmer and an activist, said that soy plants are expected to suffer damage and large harvesting is also difficult because Waterlogging Kishore Tiwari, Chairman of Vasantrao on Shetkari Swavalamban Mission (VNSSM), a state government institution, said that the output was expected to be halved .
A farmer in Yavatmal, who said the results of good either mentioned about losses in cotton and tour because of rain.