This is the time when farmers in SPSR Nellore district usually get busy preparing their land to raise the Edagaru paddy(summer) crop, the third one after kharif and rabi, taking advantage of the comfortable water levels in Somasila and Kandaleru reservoirs.
But this time around, enthusiasm is largely missing among the farmers at Padugupadu village as minimum support price(MSP) for their produce, promised by the State government, remains elusive during the rabi cropping season.
The progressive farmers in the district have the credit of getting the highest average yields both in kharif (6711 kg per hectare) and rabi (8611 kg per hectare) 2017-18.
