Jute

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 450 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,130 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,010 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 33 °C / 24 °C
• Jun 32 °C / 25 °C
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 32 °C / 25 °C

Soil

Soil for Jute: 8 out of 10 (good).

• Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 6.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 6.0 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

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 ₹50,000 a season after typical costs.

Minimum support price: ₹5,925 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

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.