Sweet Corn Farming: You can earn lakhs every year by cultivating sweet corn, just do this work in farming
Sweet Corn Farming: Everyone needs maize as soon as the rainy season begins. Maize is good for you because it is high in fiber. This is the reason why maize is in high demand in the market and farmers are able to sell it at the desired price. There are many ways to eat maize, also known as sweet corn in English. It can be boiled or roasted, depending on the person. However, some people prefer to drink its soup. When it is dried, people use it to make popcorn and enjoy it. In this essay, we will explain how to grow sweet corn.
Why is sweet corn preferred and what is it?
Sweet corn is grown in the same way as maize. On the other hand, in sweet corn cultivation, the maize crop is harvested before it ripens, allowing farmers to earn huge profits quickly. While growing maize, choose only improved varieties of maize. Selecting pest-resistant varieties that ripen quickly is the best option. Take care to control the drainage while preparing the field to avoid waterlogging in the crop. Sweet corn is cultivated all over India, but it is cultivated the most in Uttar Pradesh. Let us tell you that in North India, it is cultivated in the Kharif season, which runs from June to July. Both Rabi and Kharif seasons are suitable for sweet corn cultivation.
Huge profit on low investment
Let us tell you that sweet corn cultivation is bringing huge earnings for many farmers. With a cost of 20,000, farmers of Haryana are earning up to Rs 175,000 per acre from this type of farming. Under the government program, farmer Bijendra Dalal of Kithwadi, a small village in Palwal, has been listed as a progressive farmer. Bijendra grows three crops of sweet corn in a year and earns about Rs 4 lakh per acre. He planted delicious corn in one acre two years ago. This year he planted delicious corn in two acres. Now he will grow delicious corn on five acres next year.
The crop can be grown three times a year
To prevent whitefly from damaging sweet corn, you can plant marigold plants around it. Apart from this, when your marigold is sold, you will get around Rs 12,000. Apart from this, animals eat sweet corn fodder with great pleasure and this also increases the amount of their milk. You can also earn a lot of money from sweet corn fodder.
Its demand is increasing rapidly in the market
Sweet corn is actually a special type of sweet corn that is harvested before the corn crop ripens, when it has milk. Sweet corn is popular not only in India but also in other countries. This is the reason why sometimes it becomes difficult to meet the demand for sweet corn. As a result, farmers can double their income by cultivating sweet corn in addition to regular corn. It is very much needed in restaurants and you can sell it directly to them.