Thirty-four-year-old Vikas Chaudary has planted rice, maize and wheat.
He not only monitors water levels, but has installed a micro weather station in his field.
Maize was once considered a poor man's food but now it is in demand, much of it going to China as poultry feed.
The area where maize is grown has almost doubled in Haryana in the last few years. It is now selling for about the same price as rice and costs a lot less to grow.
"Switching to maize has been my best decision so far. My forefathers once grew only maize here before the whole region switched to basmati rice," he says.
"I still grow some rice but I have switched half my fields to maize because this uses at least 70% less water compared to a paddy crop. We can harvest it a month faster too, saving us a lot of money.