The ban they said was to help us farmers from price spikes, but in Punjab, it cut our legs off. Without futures, we have no price signal for next season, no way to lock in a good rate. We are left at the mercy of the local mandi and the arhtiya's mood. Just last season, I sold my wheat harvest cheap, and three months later the prices shot up—that extra money could have fixed my tractor's engine.
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