Myself Mangesh Ashokrao Kadam, staying at Sultanpur Village, Dist;Beed, (MH). I stay in a village whose population is about 2000 and nearly 300 families belong to the farming community. I am 26 years farmer and did my MBA . My father used to do farming from 35years together but the type of farming was a traditional one, to do the farming in a better way I enhanced new techniques of farming. I am having 6 acres of land, in which we use 6 acres of land for growing cotton.

Last year Cotton was  the main crop grown and the varieties used were Ajeet-155. Although the conditions were not that suitable for cotton crop but still I could get a yield of12 to 13-q/acre. Other farmers obtained less yield due to local seed varieties used by them. This year also I will be using  Ajeet-155 and I am planning to have distance of 4.00ft x 2.00ft because to have better yield . In the month of june end sowing of seeds will be completed on 6 acres of land. For 6 acres of land 450kg of D.A.P costing Rs.9900/-, 60kg mangnesium costing Rs.600/-, 300kg of Urea Rs 1920/-  was used. Seed packets of Rs 750/800, 7/8 packets used in 6 acre land. Method of drip irrigation was used and as per the sources there is enough water in tube well for sowing process. Plucking charges is of around Rs 4/5 per kg, total costing form farming in 1acre is Aprox Rs 12000/-per acre.

Price expectation:
 

*IF RAINS ARE THERE ON TIME AND NO DAMAGE TO CROP WITH BETTER YIELD, FARMERS ARE EXPECTING PRICES OF RS 5000/- TO 5500/- PER QTL SAME AS LAST YEAR.

*IF THE RAINS ARE DELAYED AND YIELD IS LESS FARMERS ARE EXPECTING RS. 6000/- to 6500/- AND ABOVE DURING PERIOD OF OCT / NOV & DEC.