The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India procured 402,049 tn tur across Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh as of Sunday. The federation began procuring the commodity as market prices had plunged below the minimum support price of 5,450 rupees per 100 kg due to higher arrivals of the fresh crop and subdued buying by dal millers. The agency procured 256,754 tn of tur in Karnataka, 75,300 tn in Telangana, 62,741 tn in Maharashtra, and 7,254 tn in Andhra Pradesh. So far, the agency has bought tur from 317,231 farmers across these states, through about 750 centres.