🌾 Pearl Millet (Bajra)
Cereal · Kharif · Duration 90 days
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All-India recorded figures
4
Farms reporting
30
Total area (acre)
11.81
Avg yield / acre
₹16,292
Avg cost / acre
₹29,237
Avg revenue / acre
₹12,945
Avg profit / acre
₹2,475
Avg sale rate
₹15,950
Reference cost per acre
Top states by recorded area
Where the money goes
per acre
Top districts by profit per acre
| District | Farms reporting | Total area | Avg yield / acre | Avg cost / acre | Avg profit / acre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaipur | 4 | 30.1 | 11.81 | ₹16,292 | ₹12,945 |
Yield per acre by year / Profit per acre by year
Reference crop schedule
Reference cost per acre: ₹15,950| Days from sowing | Stage | Activity | Category | Indicative cost / acre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -15–-8 | Pre-sowing | Field preparation
One ploughing and two harrowings. |
Land preparation | ₹1,700 |
| -3–0 | Pre-sowing | Basal fertilizer
40 kg DAP per acre. |
Fertilizer | ₹2,800 |
| 0–2 | Sowing | Sowing
1.5 kg seed/acre, 45x15 cm. |
Sowing | ₹1,400 |
| 12–18 | Seedling | Thinning and gap filling
Thin to one plant per hill at 15 days. |
Weeding | ₹1,100 |
| 25–32 | Vegetative | Urea top dressing
30 kg urea at 25-30 days. |
Fertilizer | ₹1,250 |
| 26–33 | Vegetative | Inter-culturing
One hoeing at 25-30 days. |
Weeding | ₹1,700 |
| 45–55 | Earhead | Irrigation at earhead
Critical if rains fail. |
Irrigation | ₹700 |
| 50–60 | Grain filling | Downy mildew watch
Rogue out infected plants. |
Plant protection | ₹800 |
| 80–90 | Harvest | Harvesting earheads
Harvest when grain hardens. |
Harvest | ₹3,100 |
| 86–95 | Post harvest | Threshing and drying
Dry to 12% moisture. |
Post harvest | ₹1,400 |
| Total | ₹15,950 | |||