Jute
Sow in May, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (March–May) is over.
Grown on 1,636 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.
₹50,000–₹75,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹10,000–₹35,000 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, even in a dry year.
Needs about 450 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 820 mm it can use in a normal year, and 750 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 20–37 °C on average, and survives 13–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- May 28 °C / 20 °C
- Jun 29 °C / 22 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 22 °C
Soil
Soil for Jute: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 4.9 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹12,950 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹14,950 a quintal, the middle of 12 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹32,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹5,925 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹6,580 2021
- ₹6,050 2022
- ₹5,200 2023
- ₹5,000 2024
- ₹6,380 2025
Prices are usually best in June.
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.