Groundnut
Sow in November, harvest around March
Sowing time is now.
Grown on 35,314 acres here. Sold at 3 mandis in your district.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 7 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 100 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 22–32 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 31 °C / 19 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 17 °C
- Jan 31 °C / 17 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 19 °C
Soil
Soil for Groundnut: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 6.6 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
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 (March–April 2026): about ₹6,469 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹8,024 a quintal, the middle of 21 mandis in your state (latest 12 Nov).
Minimum support price: ₹7,517 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,250 2021
- ₹5,640 2022
- ₹6,670 2023
- ₹6,300 2024
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 8.9 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
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 92%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 87%
- NPK Mixture 35%