Coffee
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Needs care: Very hot in June
- Needs care: Soil 6/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,610 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 390 mm it can use in a normal year, and 270 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 14–28 °C on average, and survives 10–34 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 35 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 34 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 13 °C
- Dec 23 °C / 8 °C
- Jan 21 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 25 °C / 10 °C
- Mar 31 °C / 15 °C
- Apr 38 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- May 41 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in June get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.
Soil
Soil for Coffee: 6 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: potassium, sulphur and manganese.
- Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
No yield records for this crop yet.
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–February 2026): about ₹21,150 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹21,400 a quintal, the middle of 4 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹11,200 2021
- ₹9,780 2022
- ₹16,100 2023
- ₹21,100 2024
- ₹31,280 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in December.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
About 100% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
About 100% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 100%
- Urea 100%