Calculate your total expected crop yield and its market value from your land area and yield rate per acre.
How to Use the Crop Yield Calculator
Enter your "Land Area (acres)".
Enter your expected "Yield Rate (quintal/acre)" for the crop.
Optionally enter the "Price (₹ per quintal)" to estimate the total value of your harvest.
Click "Calculate Yield" to see your total yield and value.
How the Estimate Is Worked Out
Total Yield (quintal) = Land Area (acres) × Yield Rate (quintal per acre).
Total Yield (kg) = Total Yield (quintal) × 100, since one quintal is 100 kg.
Total Value (₹) = Total Yield (quintal) × Price per quintal. This line appears only when you enter a price.
The value is gross income from the harvest. It does not subtract seed, fertilizer, labour, mandi charges or transport, so it is not your profit.
Worked Example
A farmer expects 18 quintal of wheat per acre from 4.5 acres and plans to sell at ₹2,400 per quintal. The calculator gives 4.5 × 18 = 81.00 quintal, which is 8100.00 kg, and a value of 81 × 2,400 = ₹194400.00.
Price matters as much as yield. With the same 81 quintal, a selling price of ₹2,200 gives ₹1,78,200 while ₹2,600 gives ₹2,10,600. Running the calculator at a low, expected and high price shows the range of income you can plan around.
Converting Yield Figures to Quintal per Acre
Yield figures from seed companies, research stations and government reports are often in other units. Convert them before entering:
If the yield is given in
To get quintal per acre
Example
Quintal per hectare
Divide by 2.471
50 q/ha ≈ 20.2 q/acre
Tonne per hectare
Multiply by 10, then divide by 2.471
4 t/ha ≈ 16.2 q/acre
Kg per acre
Divide by 100
1,500 kg/acre = 15 q/acre
Quintal per bigha
Multiply by the number of bigha in one acre for your state
5 q per UP pucca bigha × 1.6 = 8 q/acre
Estimating Yield from a Sample Plot
Official yield estimates in India, including those used for crop insurance under PMFBY, rely on crop-cutting experiments: a small plot is harvested and weighed, and the result is scaled up. You can do a rough version yourself just before harvest.
Mark a 5 m × 5 m square (25 square metres) in a typical part of the field, harvest it, then thresh, dry and weigh the grain. Since an acre is about 4,046.86 square metres, multiply the sample weight by 4,046.86 ÷ 25 and divide by 100. For 12 kg of dry grain: 12 × 161.87 ≈ 1,942 kg, or about 19.4 quintal per acre. Repeat in two or three spots and average them, because one corner of a field can differ a lot from another.
Getting a Realistic Estimate
Use your own average over the last few seasons rather than the best year. Yield figures on seed packets usually reflect good conditions.
Allow for losses during harvesting, threshing, drying and storage. Freshly harvested grain also weighs more because of moisture, and buyers may deduct for high moisture.
For the price, check current mandi rates on your state agriculture marketing board or the eNAM portal, and the announced Minimum Support Price if your crop is procured at MSP.
Enter only the area actually sown. Bunds, channels and paths can take a noticeable share of a recorded plot.
Frequently Asked Questions
A quintal is a metric unit of mass commonly used in Indian agriculture, equal to 100 kilograms. Crop yields and mandi (market) prices are usually quoted per quintal.
Use your own farm's historical yield, your seed variety's expected yield (from the seed packet or supplier), or average district-level yield data from your state's agriculture department as a reference.
Yes - work out your total cost of cultivation with the Crop Cost Calculator, then compare it against the "Total Value" shown here, or use the Farming Profit Calculator directly for a full profit/loss breakdown.
Yes. Divide the quintal-per-hectare figure by 2.471 to get quintal per acre, and enter the land in acres. For example, 45 quintal per hectare is about 18.2 quintal per acre.
No. It is the gross value of the harvest at the price you entered. To find profit you still need to subtract all cultivation costs and selling expenses such as transport and market fees.