A meeting was held between district officials and farmers, which failed to reach any consensus.
Published Nov 12, 2025 | 4:31 PM ⚊ Updated Nov 12, 2025 | 4:31 PM
Farmers protest. (Supplied)
Synopsis: Farmer leaders said they wouldn’t accept the government’s offer of ₹3,300, and demanded ₹3,500 per tonne, which was their earlier demand, irrespective of sugar recovery percentage.
On Wednesday, 12 November, protests by sugarcane farmers continued in Mudhol, Bagalkot district.
Farmer leaders said they wouldn’t accept the government’s offer of ₹3,300, and demanded ₹3,500 per tonne, which was their earlier demand, irrespective of sugar recovery percentage.
A meeting was held between district officials and farmers, which failed to reach any consensus.
Farmers blocked several roads on Tuesday, 11 November, in protest.
Meanwhile, farmers in Belagavi have withdrawn their protest after the state issued a new price fixation of ₹3,300 last week.
Earlier, protests by sugarcane farmers in several parts of North Karnataka for better prices for their crop have brought operations to a halt at 26 sugar factories across the region.
Farmers said the existing Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) set by the Union government fails to cover their production costs and mounting debts. Alleging that sugar factories make steep deductions for harvesting and transport (H&T), which further slashes their earnings, farmers have demanded that mills pay ₹3,500 per tonne. “If they don’t, the state government should step in to bridge the gap, they said.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, earlier, claimed that the root of the problem lies in central policy levers: The FRP formula, the stagnating Minimum Support Price (MSP) for sugar, export curbs and the under-utilised ethanol off-take from sugar-based feedstock.
Siddaramaiah, last week, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an urgent meeting with him to discuss the situation said, “Despite sustained efforts by the State Government to engage both the farmers and the sugar mill owners in dialogue, the agitation has intensified and there is a growing sense of unrest among the farming community.”
In a letter, he noted that the state government held multiple rounds of discussions with all the concerned stakeholders. In Belagavi, the Deputy Commissioner has advised sugar mills to pay ₹3,200 per tonne at 11.25 percent recovery and ₹3,100 per tonne at 10.25 percent recovery, excluding harvesting and transport charges, he said.
