Korra (Foxtail Millet)
Sow in July, harvest around October
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.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Doesn't suit: Too hot here in this season
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 120 mm it can use in a normal year, and 60 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 16–26 °C on average, and survives 5–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 35 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
Soil
Soil for Korra (Foxtail Millet): 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.0–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
No yield records for this crop yet.
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹4,537 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹4,915 a quintal, the middle of 6 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹2,580 2021
- ₹2,910 2022
- ₹4,050 2023
- ₹4,360 2024
- ₹2,760 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.