Harda mandi reopens after nine days; soybean fetches Rs 7,201 a quintal on day one

Purchases of produce began at the agriculture market (mandi) at the Harda district headquarters on Thursday at an auspicious hour. The mandi had remained shut for nine days. On the first day, about 15,000 sacks of produce arrived for sale in around 400 trolleys.

The highest price for soybean was Rs 7,201 per quintal. The highest price for urad was Rs 8,811 per quintal.

The day began with prayers and aarti. Traders worshipped Lord Panch Pipleshwar Mahadev at the shrine in the mandi premises and performed the aarti. The mandi administration then welcomed farmers and grain traders with a tilak. Mandi secretary Harnarayan Bhilala applied the tilak to mark the start of purchases.

Traders bid for the produce at the auction shed. They then went to their shops and worshipped their weighing scales.

Mandi officials and employees worshipped Lord Panch Pipleshwar Mahadev as per tradition. Fireworks followed, and people exchanged greetings. Traders touched the feet of elders to seek blessings for success in business.

Those present included Grain Merchants Association president Mahesh Agrawal, patron Girjashankar Agrawal, Ashish Agrawal, Ashok Rathore, Senki Khanuja, Madan Singh Rajput, Nilesh Ajmera, Amit Ajmera, Vijay Rathore, Pankaj Agrawal, Durgesh Rathore and Satyam Rathore, along with traders, mandi employees and farmers.