Groundnut
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 76,974 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹18,000–₹26,000
per acre a season, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹14,000–₹23,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 6 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 510 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 220 mm it can use in a normal year, and 140 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 22–32 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 41 °C / 29 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 35 °C / 25 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Groundnut: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 7.2 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
On rain alone it gets about 44% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 44% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹6,992 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹7,192 a quintal, the middle of 16 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹18,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹7,517 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,170 2021
- ₹5,330 2022
- ₹6,220 2023
- ₹5,020 2024
- ₹4,600 2025
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹40,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 9.1 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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) 58%
- Urea 48%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 4%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 4%