🌿 Cotton
Fibre · Kharif · Duration 180 days
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All-India recorded figures
26
Farms reporting
141
Total area (acre)
10.57
Avg yield / acre
₹41,961
Avg cost / acre
₹74,093
Avg revenue / acre
₹32,132
Avg profit / acre
₹7,011
Avg sale rate
₹44,200
Reference cost per acre
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Reference crop schedule
Reference cost per acre: ₹44,200| Days from sowing | Stage | Activity | Category | Indicative cost / acre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -40–-30 | Pre-sowing | Deep ploughing
Summer deep ploughing to expose soil-borne pests. |
Land preparation | ₹2,700 |
| -20–-12 | Pre-sowing | Harrowing and levelling
Two harrowings, then level the field. |
Land preparation | ₹1,350 |
| -12–-6 | Pre-sowing | Basal FYM / compost
8-10 tonne FYM per acre, mixed before sowing. |
Fertilizer | ₹5,200 |
| -2–0 | Sowing | Seed treatment
Treat seed with Imidacloprid + Trichoderma. |
Seed | ₹600 |
| 0–3 | Sowing | Sowing / dibbling
BT hybrid at 4x1.5 ft after 25-30 mm rain. |
Sowing | ₹6,250 |
| 20–25 | Vegetative | First top dressing (N)
Urea 25 kg/acre at first irrigation. |
Fertilizer | ₹1,650 |
| 22–30 | Vegetative | First inter-culturing / weeding
Hand weeding plus one hoeing. |
Weeding | ₹2,400 |
| 30–40 | Vegetative | Sucking pest spray
Monitor jassids/whitefly; spray on ETL. |
Plant protection | ₹1,350 |
| 38–45 | Vegetative | Irrigation 2
Critical for square formation. |
Irrigation | ₹750 |
| 45–55 | Flowering | Second top dressing
Urea 25 kg + potash 15 kg per acre. |
Fertilizer | ₹2,100 |
| 50–60 | Flowering | Second inter-culturing
Hoe and earth up the rows. |
Weeding | ₹2,100 |
| 60–70 | Flowering | Pink bollworm monitoring
Install 4 pheromone traps per acre. |
Plant protection | ₹1,050 |
| 75–85 | Boll development | Irrigation at boll formation
Do not let the crop stress at boll filling. |
Irrigation | ₹750 |
| 85–95 | Boll development | Bollworm control spray
Rotate molecules; avoid repeat of same group. |
Plant protection | ₹1,800 |
| 95–105 | Boll development | Foliar nutrition spray
2% KNO3 spray improves boll weight. |
Fertilizer | ₹900 |
| 130–145 | Harvest | First picking
Pick fully opened bolls in dry weather. |
Harvest | ₹6,700 |
| 155–170 | Harvest | Second picking
Second flush picking after 20-25 days. |
Harvest | ₹5,650 |
| 172–185 | Post harvest | Grading and sale
Grade by staple length before selling. |
Post harvest | ₹900 |
| Total | ₹44,200 | |||