Tool · Fertiliser
How much fertiliser does your field need?
Pick a crop and enter your field size. The calculator turns the recommended dose into bags of urea, DAP and MOP.
For 1 acre of Wheat
What to buy
Urea
2.5
bags · 111 kg
DAP
1
bag · 53 kg
MOP
0.5
bags · 27 kg
Nutrients in it: N 61 kg · P₂O₅ 24 kg · K₂O 16 kg
Also add farmyard manure or compost: 4 t
- Don't put it all in at once: follow the timing on the Wheat page. Full Wheat guide
- Your Soil Health Card can raise or lower these amounts. If you have one, follow it.
- Using SSP, NPK complexes or gypsum instead changes these amounts; the nutrient dose is what matters.
General dose for North India, not yet checked against a package of practices. Choose your state, or confirm the dose with your KVK.
Urea has 46 % N; DAP 18 % N and 46 % P₂O₅; MOP 60 % K₂O. Urea comes in 45 kg bags, DAP and MOP in 50 kg.
Fertiliser facts: Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, MRP of DAP and MOP fertilizers to come down with immediate effect (4 July 2016)