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“I sold paddy in June and got Rs 72,000 for the Rs 45,000 spent. In the first phase, online registrations of farmers and quality checks of paddy will be done. Had facilities been opened in May, farmers could have stored the grains and got a better price.Paddy was cultivated in 7,867 hectares in Mysuru district and 3,83,350 quintals of paddy were harvested. Mysuru: With the government not making storage facilities available to farmers in May, farmers in Mysuru district have been in the lurch as over 90% of paddy has already been harvested.Forced to sell their produce, farmers are forced to go with the rate offered by middlemen . With over 90% of paddy already sold by farmers, the government is now opening storage facilities and procurement centres in July but this offers little respite for farmers.Lamenting the delay, farmer leader Badagalapura Nagendra said, “Farmers would have benefited had the centres been opened in May last week or June first week..