When the crop matures, the leaves turn yellow and look dried up, and the grains are hard and firm. Harvest by cutting the earheads separately. Cut the stalk after a week, let it dry and then stack it (for tall varieties, cut the stem 10–15 cm above the ground, then separate the earheads). Dry the earheads and thresh with a mechanical thresher, a stone roller or cattle; then dry the produce and store it.
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Source
Crop Production Guide – Agriculture 2020 (Directorate of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Sorghum – Harvesting and processing, p. 73
