Groundnut
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 8.6 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹29,000–₹44,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹11,000 to a profit of ₹3,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
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 430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 600 mm it can use in a normal year, and 360 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
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 31 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Groundnut: 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: zinc, iron and boron.
- Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- 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 manganese.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 5.9 quintals an acre here (district figures).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹6,113 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹6,020 a quintal, the middle of 11 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹4,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹7,517 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹4,880 2021
- ₹5,000 2022
- ₹5,570 2023
- ₹5,260 2024
- ₹4,830 2025
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 15 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of manganese Your soil is likely short of manganese.
Spray manganese sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, on the young crop.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.