After India gained independence, there was drastic changes in growing of food grains in the form of Green Revolution. It is necessary to know the trends in principal crops. Here researcher has been used selected principal crops in Karnataka for the present study. The main aim of the study is to analyse the trend performance of principal crops in Karnataka in terms of area cultivated, production and productivity and also Minimum Support Price given by GoK to the principal crops. The principal crops in Karnataka are Paddy, Jowar, Ragi, Bajra, Wheat, Cotton, Sugarcane and Groundnut etc. In order to analyse the present status of the principal crops in Karnataka, we have used mean, standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis and correlation as statistical tools. For collecting information related to principal crops various secondary source have been used

Principal crops, Minimum Support Price, Area, Production, Average growth rate