The farmers' protest against the heavy fines on stubble burning and lesser compensation for crop damage due to inclement weather and pest attack and land acquisition for national highway projects, entered its ninth consecutive day on Thursday. The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Ekta Sidhupur, is spearheading the protests in Amritsar, Mansa, Patiala, Faridkot and Bathinda in Punjab.