Tobacco growers to stall auctions today

Farmers in the traditional tobacco growing areas in Prakasam district, who have grown tobacco much against odds after a bad cropping season in the last two years, on Friday decided to stall auctions in all platforms in the Southern Black Soil (SBS) region on Saturday fearing steep fall in the market in the wake of the Centre imposing GST on tobacco leaves and unmanufactured tobacco. Farmers from d…