Shri Vinayak Agro Producer Company Limited

Over on Shivaji Park in Jijau Nagar, you can find the Shri Vinayak Agro Producer Company Limited. The address is 1-3-7126, near the Juna Dhanora Road in Beed. It’s a busy part of town, but most of our members come from the surrounding rural areas where they spend their days in the sun. We started this company to give the local farmers a central place to connect. Beed can be a very dry place, and we often have to deal with water shortages, which makes farming a real gamble. We talk a lot about irrigation and how to keep the crops alive when the heat gets too much. The office is just a simple room with some old files and a couple of desks. We aren't here to make a big show of things; we just want to get the work done. People come in from the villages on their bikes or tractors to check on their memberships or to see if we’ve found a better buyer for their grains. It’s a lot of talking and a lot of waiting for things to change. We try to keep the mood light even when the harvest looks thin. Being on Juna Dhanora Road means we see a lot of traffic, but we are focused on what’s happening in the dirt miles away. It’s a hard way to make a living, but it’s what we know and we stick together through the dry times.