Groundnut
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 2,240 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹44,000–₹66,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹4,000–₹26,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 380 mm it can use in a normal year, and 300 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 37 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 23 °C
Soil
Soil for Groundnut: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 9.0 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
On rain alone it gets about 88% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 88% 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 leave about ₹17,000 a season after 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 7.1 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.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 17%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 12%