Tomato prices plummet across TN forcing farmers to destroy crops
Chennai- Tomato farmers across Tamil Nadu are facing heavy losses as prices have dropped to as low as Rs 7 per kilogram in the retail market. With production costs exceeding returns, many farmers have resorted to destroying their crops instead of harvesting them.R.M. Senthilnathan, a farmer from Thumpichipalayam near Kallimandayam in Oddanchatram taluk, Dindigul, said…