Had Rise, Corn Prices At The Sigi Farmers' Level Stable IDR 3,700 Per Kilogram

Residents collected corn that had been peeled in Sibonu Village, Sigi, Central Sulawesi, Saturday (25/5/2024). (ANTARA)

SIGI - The district government (Pemkab) of Sigi, Central Sulawesi (Sulteng) through the local Food Crops, Horticulture and Plantation Service (TPHP), said that the price of corn at the farmer level is still stable and the supply is smooth. "The price of corn yesterday's position was monitored by our officers at the purchasing level of Rp. 3,700 per kilogram," said Head of TPHP Sigi Rahmad Iqbal, quoted by ANTARA on Sunday, May 26. He stated that the purchase price at the farmer level was difficult to control due to being influenced by market prices. "For the price of farmers with a price of Rp. 3,000 per kilogram has already obtained profits. "Based on agricultural business analysis, if the price of corn purchase is above Rp. 3,000 per kilogram, farmers still benefit from their tannya business results," he said. He said to keep corn farmers' profits is to produce corn harvest without imports from outside the region.

"Of course we hope that the government's efforts not to open corn import faucets to maintain the stable price of corn purchases at the farmer level," he said. Previously, based on the results of the Food Crops and Horticulture Service, Sigi Plantation, that the purchase of dry flat corn at the farmer level with water levels of 15 to 17 percent reached Rp. 3,700 to Rp. 3,800 per kilogram.