Shri Shambho Mahadev Farmer Producer Company Limited

We are out in Bhatagali. Laxman Dagadu Patepure let us use his place as a base. It's in Omerga tehsil, Osmanabad. Farmers here have been through a lot. The name is for the god. We are a producer company but really it's just a bunch of neighbors. We grow grains and pulses. The ground is dry sometimes. We talk about water all the time. It’s the biggest problem. We get together to buy fertilizer in bulk. It saves a little money. Every rupee counts when you are a farmer. The paperwork is a headache. None of us are office people. We’d rather be in the fields. But we have to do it to keep things legal. We are learning how to manage the business side. It takes time. Some days are better than others. We help each other when a tractor breaks down or someone gets sick. It’s how we survive out here in the village. It isn't a fancy setup. We just have some chairs and a table at Laxman's. We meet up after the sun goes down to talk about the grain prices. Sometimes the news is bad but we have to keep going. We are just trying to make a living from the soil we were born on. There are no big bosses here, just us farmers trying to find a better way to get things done without losing our shirts at the market.