🥜 Groundnut
Oilseed · Kharif · Duration 120 days
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All-India recorded figures
18
Farms reporting
93
Total area (acre)
14.32
Avg yield / acre
₹31,888
Avg cost / acre
₹85,720
Avg revenue / acre
₹53,832
Avg profit / acre
₹5,987
Avg sale rate
₹32,050
Reference cost per acre
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Reference crop schedule
Reference cost per acre: ₹32,050| Days from sowing | Stage | Activity | Category | Indicative cost / acre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -25–-15 | Pre-sowing | Ploughing and harrowing
Fine tilth is essential for pegging. |
Land preparation | ₹2,500 |
| -12–-5 | Pre-sowing | FYM and gypsum basal
5 t FYM + 100 kg gypsum per acre. |
Fertilizer | ₹4,350 |
| -2–0 | Sowing | Seed treatment with Rhizobium
Rhizobium + Trichoderma before sowing. |
Seed | ₹600 |
| 0–2 | Sowing | Sowing
Spacing 30x10 cm, seed rate 40 kg/acre. |
Sowing | ₹8,700 |
| 18–25 | Vegetative | First weeding
Weed free for first 45 days. |
Weeding | ₹2,350 |
| 30–38 | Vegetative | Leaf miner / spodoptera watch
Spray only if damage crosses ETL. |
Plant protection | ₹1,150 |
| 38–45 | Pegging | Gypsum top dressing
100 kg gypsum at pegging stage. |
Fertilizer | ₹1,500 |
| 42–50 | Pegging | Irrigation at pegging
Most critical irrigation of the crop. |
Irrigation | ₹850 |
| 65–75 | Pod development | Irrigation at pod filling
Avoid moisture stress at pod filling. |
Irrigation | ₹850 |
| 70–80 | Pod development | Tikka / leaf spot spray
Mancozeb spray on first leaf spots. |
Plant protection | ₹1,350 |
| 105–118 | Harvest | Digging and harvesting
Harvest when inner shell darkens. |
Harvest | ₹5,850 |
| 112–125 | Post harvest | Drying and stripping
Sun dry to 8-9% moisture. |
Post harvest | ₹2,000 |
| Total | ₹32,050 | |||