🚜 Luck Changed with 20 Bigha Farming! Farmer Balwant Singh Bought 10 More Bigha Land from Farming Income, Now Earning in Lakhs

Many farmers in Rajasthan are changing their lives with modern farming today.

But the story of farmer Balwant Singh Shekhawat from Kotputli is truly inspiring.

Where people say that nothing is left in farming, Balwant Singh earned lakhs of rupees from vegetable farming and bought new land.

Today he has:

• 20 bigha land
• 2 tractors
• 1 pickup vehicle
• 1 Scorpio
• Drip irrigation system

and many other facilities.

The most special thing is – he achieved all this only because of farming.

1. 👨‍🌾 Introduction of the Farmer

Balwant Singh Shekhawat belongs to Pathredi village of Kotputli area in Rajasthan.

His family was already doing farming from earlier times.
In the beginning, they had only 10 bigha land.

But today, after earning from farming, he has purchased 10 more bigha land.

Now he is doing modern farming on a total of 20 bigha land.

2. 🌱 How the Farming Journey Started

Earlier, Balwant Singh used to grow traditional crops like wheat and mustard.

But in these crops, the expenses were high and savings were very less.

After this, he decided to start vegetable farming.
About 5 years ago, he planted tomatoes in 1 bigha land.

From that 1 bigha tomato crop, he made sales of around ₹5 lakh.

From here, his life started changing.

After this, he:

• Adopted drip irrigation
• Learned modern farming
• Continuously started vegetable crops

and today he is doing farming worth lakhs.

3. 🥒 Which Crops Are Growing at Present

At present, Balwant Singh is growing many crops on his 20 bigha land:

• 10 bigha watermelon
• 3 bigha chilli
• 2 bigha cucumber
• Tinda
• Tomato

He continuously does vegetable farming.

4. 💧 Earning Up to ₹25,000 Daily from Cucumber Farming

Balwant Singh started cucumber farming in December.

The crop became ready in about 50 days.

At first, he got the cucumber price of ₹20 per kg.
Later, the rate remained around ₹15-₹16 per kg.

Till now, he has done sales of around ₹1 lakh only from cucumber.

📌 Special Things About Cucumber Farming

• Crop gets ready in 50 days
• Production up to 15 quintals
• Harvesting every alternate day
• Sold in Kotputli mandi

If he gets even ₹15 per kg price, then daily sales are reaching around ₹22,000 to ₹25,000.

This is the reason why he considers cucumber farming a profitable business.

5. 🟢 Big Profit from Tinda Farming

Balwant Singh says that farmers who want to start vegetable farming for the first time should begin with tinda farming.

Because:

• Expenses are less
• Less disease attack
• Good market demand
• Money comes quickly

He made sales of around ₹2 lakh from 1 bigha tinda crop.
He got around ₹20 per kg price for tinda.

📌 Why Tinda Farming is Profitable

• Easy for new farmers
• Low investment
• High profit
• Good demand

6. 🌶️ Expectation of Lakhs Income from Chilli Farming

Balwant Singh has planted Virat variety chilli of BSF company.

The market price of chilli was running around ₹50-₹60.

According to his estimate, if he gets a good rate, then income of around ₹5 lakh can be earned from 1 bigha chilli farming.

📌 Special Things About Chilli Farming

• Production for a long period
• Good market demand
• Continuous harvesting
• Higher profit

7. 🍅 Big Target from Tomato Farming Also

Balwant Singh planted tomatoes in January.

He has estimated around 1000 crates of tomato production.

If he gets a price of ₹20 per kg, then sales of around ₹5 lakh can happen.

📌 What is Special in Tomato Farming

• Variety that does not get damaged even in summer
• Good fruiting
• Continuous production

8. 🍉 Excellent Income from Watermelon Farming

Balwant Singh has planted watermelon in 10 bigha land.

According to him:

• Around ₹1 lakh sales can happen from 1 bigha watermelon
• Expense comes around ₹20,000

This means watermelon farming also gives excellent profit.

📌 How to Identify Ripe Watermelon

According to Balwant Singh:

• The sound changes
• The spring-like vine on the top gets dried

9. 💰 How Much Income Has Been Earned Till Now

Till now, Balwant Singh has sold crops worth around ₹10 lakh.

His total target is sales of around ₹30 lakh.

10. 🏡 Bought New Land from Farming Income

Today, the biggest inspiration is that he has purchased 10 bigha extra land from farming income.

Where many people are leaving farming, Balwant Singh is continuously moving forward with farming.

11. 🚿 Successful Farming Despite Water Shortage

In Rajasthan, water shortage is a big problem.

But Balwant Singh solved this problem by adopting drip irrigation.

He has:

• 3 boring wells
• Drip system
• Modern irrigation setup

available on his farm.

12. 👷 Farming Gave Employment to 10 People

Balwant Singh is not only earning himself, but he is also giving employment to around 10 people.

Village women also work in his fields.

Because of this, employment is increasing in the village.

13. 📚 From Where He Learned Farming Training

Balwant Singh said that he learned new farming techniques from mobile and YouTube.

This means today, if a farmer wants to learn, then mobile can also become a big teacher for farming.

14. 📢 Advice of Balwant Singh for Other Farmers

Balwant Singh says:

✅ To Become Successful in Farming:

• Adopt modern technology
• Install drip irrigation
• Do vegetable farming
• Keep market knowledge
• Leave fear and try new experiments

He believes that there are still huge possibilities in farming today.

❤️ Conclusion

This story of Balwant Singh Shekhawat is an inspiration for those farmers who are thinking of leaving farming.

He has proved that if a farmer does farming with the right thinking, modern technology, and hard work, then lakhs of rupees can be earned from farming.

Farming is not only a way of survival, but it can also become a path of success and respect.

If one farmer can start from 10 bigha and reach 20 bigha, then by hard work and working in the right direction, any farmer can change his life. 🚜🌱

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