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- Sesame is one of the most
versatile crops that can be grown in dry arid regions. It has unique
attributes that can fit most cropping systems.
- It is an easy crop to consider
producing because equipment used for other crops can be used to grow
sesame.
- Sesame is more profitable
with limited resources than other crops using the same level of resources.
It offers more return for less cost (less risk) than other crops.
- A first time grower can
easily experiment with sesame because of the low input requirements
without risking too much. With currently increasing input costs, this
attribute alone is a major reason to grow sesame.
- Very heat, drought, disease,
and insect tolerant.
- Relatively negligible economic
damage from wild hogs, deer, and birds.
- Crops following sesame have
increased yields with reduced production costs because of increased
moisture retention and better soil tilth.
- Reduces populations of cotton
root rot and root-knot nematodes.
- Low water use during the
drying phase allows sesame to collect rainfall and store the moisture
for double cropping directly after harvesting sesame.
- Brittle sesame residue will
hold soil from erosion equal to higher residue crops without the hassle
of excess residue balling equipment.
- It is a program crop that
can be planted on cotton (or other program crop) acres and still receives
the direct payment.
- In areas with limited water,
farmers can stretch their water by planting part of their acres in sesame
and the other part in higher moisture demanding crops like cotton, corn,
or peanuts.
- Best catch crop option following
hailed out cotton.
- Save money with low fertility
demand.