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He said sugar mills can pay more than FRP but not less than that. There is need for uniform pricing by sugar factories, he added.Farmers lose coolThe farmers present at the meeting lost their cool as soon as cameramen of media houses entered the meeting hall. The farmers picketed the DC, saying they were not happy with the DC’s assurances and did not believe the factories would follow his directions. “Then why is the price so less in Karnataka. Factories must pay farmers 30% of their profits that they earn from selling byproducts of sugar,”he added.Basavaraj Nagathana, another farmer, alleged that Hiranyakeshi Sugars and Vishwaraj Sugars had announced a price of Rs 3,000 price last year but had paid just Rs 2,500..