મહેસાણા જિલ્લામાં વરસાદથી પાકને નુકસાન – Crop damage due to rain in Mehsana district | મહેસાણા

Cotton weaving process has started in many fields of the village, but labor is not available due to sudden rains. Due to which the open cotton in the field has become wet. Farmer Prakashbhai Patel says, “Cotton buds have started growing, but the buds have turned yellow due to rain. If this pattern continues, there is a possibility that new plants will start emerging from inside the cotton, which may damage the entire crop.”

Farmers in the surrounding villages including Sunak, Dabhi, Singh of Unjha taluka are also facing the same situation. As the sorghum crop had already been harvested, many farmers kept sorghum in the form of pools in the field. But due to the rains, the ponds have become soaked, due to which the useful fodder for animal husbandry is also in a state of destruction. Farmers report that crops could not be managed due to non-availability of labor on festival days, and sudden rains have worsened the puddles in the fields.

The Meteorological Department has predicted light rains in the next 1-2 days, adding to farmers’ worries. Farmers of Sunak village are told that “If this rain continues, along with jowar and cotton crops, castor crops will also be affected.” Castor sowing has become a headache for farmers this year. The castor crop was sown three times earlier, but each time the rains damaged it. While the castor bean crop, which was sown for the fourth time, was barely audible, the repeated rains have threatened that crop as well. Due to the closure of the market yard, the farmers could not even start selling the crops. Large farmers have stored crops in few places, but small and medium scale farmers are unable to save crops in the field as they do not have such facilities. Waterlogging of fields is likely to cause further damage to crops.