Groundnut
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 54 acres here. Sold at 1 mandi in your district.
₹40,000–₹60,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹62–₹20,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 400 mm it can use in a normal year, and 290 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 39 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 34 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 27 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Groundnut: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 4.6 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October 2026): about ₹10,964 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹6,781 a quintal, the middle of 16 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹9,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹7,517 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
Prices are usually best in February.
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 8.3 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 74%