Korra (Foxtail Millet)

A monsoon crop. Sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Sep–Oct.

Check it on your land
Season
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

99% of its area.
Ready in
85 days
about 3 months
Grows best at
16–26 °C
0 °C survives 5–35 °C 40 °C

When to sow and harvest

Kharif 99% of its area
Today
J J A S O N D J F M A M
Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Sowing Growing Harvest

Will it grow on your land?

Chennai Tamil Nadu
Water
Season

Won't work: too hot here in this season

Korra (Foxtail Millet)

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Sow in June, harvest around September

This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.

No yield figures yet to estimate income

  • Not known: No rain data
  • Doesn't suit: Too hot here in this season
  • Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Needs about 330 mm of water here in its growing months.

Temperature

Grows best at 16–26 °C on average, and survives 5–35 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

  • Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jul 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
  • Aug 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Soil

Likes pH 6.0–6.8. We have no pH figures for this place.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹3,929 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹4,915 a quintal, the middle of 6 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
  1. ₹2,580 2021
  2. ₹2,910 2022
  3. ₹4,050 2023
  4. ₹4,360 2024
  5. ₹2,760 2025

Prices are usually best in November.

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What it needs

Temperature

16–26 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 5–35 °C.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5.5 to 8.3.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Ordinary farm soil is fine
  • N Needs plenty of nitrogen and zinc
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

Best month
November, ₹5,013 a quintal
Lowest
February, ₹2,350 a quintal
₹2,350
₹5,013
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Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis: each month's latest price (Dec 2025–Nov 2026).

Latest prices near Chennai Today's price across India

Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).

Where it grows in India

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.