Related Keywords: adopted traditional methods, Agriculture Department, Bathinda and Mansa districts, bumper crop following control of whitefly, cotton farmers to see price of their yield, price of cotton yield. last year went much below MSP, Reduction in area under cotton, this year, touch Rs six thousand per quintal
Despite the reduction in area under cotton in Bathinda and Mansa districts. This year the cotton farmers have a reason to smile as the price of their yield is about to touch Rs 6,000 per quintal. This year has seen a bumper crop following control of whitefly. Last year, the price of cotton yield went much below the MSP, following which, Diwali turned black for farmers.
In Mansa, farmers have got Rs 5,800 for a quintal of cotton yield while in Bathinda, the farmers have got about Rs 5,750 per quintal. Farmers in Mansa district have got the highest rate to date for their yield.
