Skip to content

Hindupur groundnut market Photo: Vivek Yadav · Pexels License · source ↗

Hindupur groundnut market

Hindupur, in Sri Sathya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh on the Karnataka border, hosts one of the largest groundnut procurement points in Rayalaseema. The notified APMC yard at Hindupur, together with adjoining sub-yards, handles a substantial share of groundnut arrivals from Anantapur, Sri Sathya Sai, parts of Chittoor and adjacent Karnataka mandals during the kharif harvest peak.

Overview

The yard is a notified APMC (Apmc Mandi) market under the Andhra Pradesh State Agricultural Marketing Board. Daily arrivals are recorded on Agmarknet under commodity "Groundnut" and "Groundnut Pods" with both Bold (HPS) and Java/Bunch lines reported separately. Auctions are conducted by licensed commission agents (Commission Agent Arthiya) and traders. Buyers include local oil mills, HPS (Hand-Picked Selected) exporters and out-of-state seed buyers.

Procurement structure

  • Regulator: AP State Agricultural Marketing Board / Hindupur APMC.
  • Varieties traded: Kadiri-6 (Kadiri 6 Groundnut), K-9, Dharani, Narayani, Kadiri Lepakshi, Kadiri Haritandhra and other Spanish-bunch types popular in Anantapur.
  • Quality split: Bold (HPS) grade attracts a clear premium for export and snack-grade kernels; Java/oil-grade pods move to local crushing units.
  • Reference prices: NAFED announces MSP and may procure at the yard if open-market rates fall below MSP. PSS-MSP procurement is operated through state-empanelled agencies.

Implementation

Cultivators bring pods to the yard after drying at the village; the AP State Marketing Board notifies fees and auction timings. Truck-load receipts, weighbridge slips and gunny-bag stacking precede the auction. Quality grading is largely manual at the yard floor, with HPS selection sometimes done at the dehulling factory. Aflatoxin contamination (Aflatoxin Aspergillus Groundnut) is the principal export-grade rejection risk; stricter buyers run lab tests on lot samples.

Adoption context

Hindupur is the closest major yard for farmers in the Lepakshi, Madakasira, Penukonda and Roddam cluster. Penukonda (Penukonda Mandi) operates as a sub-yard handling lower volumes. Arrivals peak in October-December for kharif crop and again in March-April for the smaller rabi/summer crop. Daily reference prices feed into Agmarknet and AP One.

See also: APMC mandi, Penukonda mandi, Groundnut crop, Kadiri-6 groundnut, Aflatoxin contamination.

Sources

  1. Hindupur groundnut market - daily arrivals. Agmarknet, Directorate of Marketing & Inspection.
  2. Andhra Pradesh State Agricultural Marketing Board. Government of Andhra Pradesh.