Mangalnath (Yeshoni) Agro Farmers Producer Company Limited

We are based out of Ladewadi, which is over in the Shirala area of Sangli district. You can usually find us at Satish Nilkanth Patil’s place if we aren't in the fields. Mangalnath (Yeshoni) is the name we use for our little group. We are all just local farmers from the village. Most of us have been working these specific fields since we were small children. The land around here is actually quite good if you know how to treat it right. We decided to form this company to help with the selling part of our farming life. It is very hard to do every single thing yourself. Between the planting and the weeding, there is hardly any time left for the paperwork part. We share that load now. It is not a corporate office by any means, just a home where we gather to talk. We discuss the soil and what people are saying about the latest prices. Sometimes we share a tractor if someone’s machine is in the shop for repairs. It is a lot of handshakes and basic trust. We don't use any big words or have those fancy brochures you see in the city. We just grow our crops and hope for a decent monsoon season. Life in the village is slow but we are always doing something. Whether it is fixing a fence or hauling sacks of grain, we stay busy. It is just how it is.