Rising Labour Costs Threaten Sugarcane Farmers

Farmers who grow sugarcane in the Chennai area are having a tough time because the cost of hiring workers to harvest the crop is going up a lot.

This makes it very expensive for them to grow sugarcane.

Farmers say they have to borrow a lot of money just to start planting, and then they have to pay even more to harvest the crop.

The money they get from selling the sugarcane isn't enough to cover all these costs.

They are asking the sugar mills and the government to help by either controlling the labour costs or giving them money to help pay for these expenses.

If nothing is done, many small farmers might not be able to keep growing sugarcane.