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Urging the Union authorities to rotation backmost the fertilizer terms hike, members of the Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Federation staged a objection successful Salem connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026).
Farmers raised slogans condemning the summation successful fertilizer prices and demanding contiguous involution by the Centre. Members of the federation said the steep summation successful fertilizer prices had imposed an further fiscal load connected farmers already struggling with escalating input costs and uncertain returns from agriculture.
According to the federation, the terms of potash had been accrued from ₹1,750 to ₹2,150 a bag. The terms of analyzable fertilizers had gone up from ₹1,975 to ₹2,150, portion ammonium sulphate prices had risen from ₹2,200 to ₹2,450 a bag. The terms of DAP had besides been accrued from ₹1,200 to ₹1,400, they said.
Farmers’ associations said akin protests against the fertilizer terms hike were being organised crossed the state and urged the Union authorities to instantly retreat the revised prices successful the involvement of the farming community.
