Sundarratna Farmers Producer Company Limited

If you go down to Sawali Vihirbudruk in Rahata, you’ll find us near the K.K. Milk Scheme. That’s where Sundarratna Farmers Producer Company Limited is based. It’s a busy area because of the milk collection and all the activity around it. We are just local farmers who decided that working alone wasn't getting us very far. The soil in Ahmednagar district is good if you treat it right, but the costs of everything keep going up. We use this company to buy things like fertilizers or seeds together so we don’t get overcharged. It’s practical stuff really. Nobody here wears a suit; we are usually in our work clothes because there is always something to fix or plant. We spend a lot of time discussing water levels and how the season is looking. It’s not always easy to get everyone on the same page, but we try our best. Having the office near the milk scheme is handy since people are already coming by that way. We aren’t looking to become some massive corporation. We just want to make sure the people in our village can keep their farms going. Some days the paperwork piles up on the desk, but we get through it eventually. It’s honest work, and we take it day by day. We all know each other here, so there’s a lot of trust involved when we handle the money and the crops together.