🌽 Maize
Cereal · Kharif · Duration 105 days
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All-India recorded figures
5
Farms reporting
26
Total area (acre)
19.35
Avg yield / acre
₹18,479
Avg cost / acre
₹39,275
Avg revenue / acre
₹20,796
Avg profit / acre
₹2,029
Avg sale rate
₹22,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashik | 3 | 14.4 | 20.32 | ₹19,465 | ₹21,929 |
Yield per acre by year / Profit per acre by year
Reference crop schedule
Reference cost per acre: ₹22,000| Days from sowing | Stage | Activity | Category | Indicative cost / acre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -15–-8 | Pre-sowing | Field preparation
Two harrowings and levelling. |
Land preparation | ₹1,750 |
| -6–-2 | Pre-sowing | Basal fertilizer + FYM
5 t FYM + 50 kg DAP per acre. |
Fertilizer | ₹4,100 |
| 0–2 | Sowing | Sowing
8 kg seed/acre at 60x20 cm. |
Sowing | ₹3,250 |
| 18–25 | Seedling | First weeding
Weed free for the first 35 days. |
Weeding | ₹1,900 |
| 25–32 | Knee high | First urea top dressing
35 kg urea at knee-high stage. |
Fertilizer | ₹1,400 |
| 20–45 | Vegetative | Fall armyworm scouting
Check whorls weekly; spray on ETL. |
Plant protection | ₹1,600 |
| 45–52 | Tasseling | Second urea top dressing
35 kg urea before tasseling. |
Fertilizer | ₹1,400 |
| 48–56 | Tasseling | Irrigation at tasseling
Most critical irrigation stage. |
Irrigation | ₹750 |
| 65–75 | Grain filling | Irrigation at grain filling
Keep soil moist at grain filling. |
Irrigation | ₹750 |
| 95–105 | Harvest | Harvesting cobs
Harvest at black layer formation. |
Harvest | ₹3,500 |
| 100–112 | Post harvest | Shelling and drying
Dry grain to 12% moisture. |
Post harvest | ₹1,600 |
| Total | ₹22,000 | |||