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

🌽 Maize

Location: Niphad, Nashik, Maharashtra

Demo data — sample figures for demonstration only
3
Farms reporting
14.4
Total area (acre)
20.32
Avg yield / acre (quintal)
₹19,465
Avg cost / acre
₹41,394
Avg revenue / acre
₹21,929
Avg profit / acre
112.7%
Average ROI
₹2,037
Avg sale rate / quintal

Compared with Nashik

Niphad, Nashik, Maharashtra NashikDifference
Avg yield / acre 20.32 20.32 +0.00
Avg cost / acre ₹19,465 ₹19,465 +₹0
Avg profit / acre ₹21,929 ₹21,929 +₹0
Average ROI 112.7% 112.7% +0.0%

Where the money goes

Fertilizer
₹6,873
Sowing
₹3,072
Harvest
₹2,167
Weeding
₹2,096
Land preparation
₹1,733
Plant protection
₹1,619
Irrigation
₹1,446
Post harvest
₹458

per acre · Total ₹19,465

Yield per acre by year / Profit per acre by year

Best performing villages (Village)

Village Farms reporting Total area Avg yield / acre Avg cost / acre Avg profit / acre
Lasalgaon 3 14.4 20.32 ₹19,465 ₹21,929

Season split

Kharif
14.4 acre

Reference crop schedule — Maize

Days from sowing
Days from sowingStage ActivityCategory 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
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