🌾 Smart Khedut Cost, yield and profit per acre — farm by farm, village by village

🌿 Cotton

Location: Amreli, Gujarat

Demo data — sample figures for demonstration only
3
Farms reporting
14.6
Total area (acre)
11.19
Avg yield / acre (quintal)
₹50,610
Avg cost / acre
₹79,826
Avg revenue / acre
₹29,216
Avg profit / acre
57.7%
Average ROI
₹7,135
Avg sale rate / quintal

Compared with Gujarat

Amreli, Gujarat GujaratDifference
Avg yield / acre 11.19 10.57 +0.62
Avg cost / acre ₹50,610 ₹41,961 +₹8,649
Avg profit / acre ₹29,216 ₹32,132 -₹2,916
Average ROI 57.7% 76.6% -18.8%

Where the money goes

Harvest
₹14,927
Fertilizer
₹11,038
Sowing
₹6,542
Weeding
₹5,118
Land preparation
₹5,062
Plant protection
₹4,604
Irrigation
₹1,615
Post harvest
₹1,045
Seed
₹660

per acre · Total ₹50,610

Yield per acre by year / Profit per acre by year

Best performing talukas (Taluka)

Taluka Farms reporting Total area Avg yield / acre Avg cost / acre Avg profit / acre
Savarkundla 3 14.6 11.19 ₹50,610 ₹29,216

Season split

Kharif
14.6 acre

Reference crop schedule — Cotton

Days from sowing
Days from sowingStage ActivityCategory 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
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