Jute
Sow in May, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (March–May) is over.
Grown on 76,842 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹1.1 lakh–₹1.7 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹72,000–₹1.3 lakh 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, even in a dry year.
Needs about 460 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 970 mm it can use in a normal year, and 890 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 34 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 33 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 33 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 27 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 26 °C
Soil
Soil for Jute: 8 out of 10 (good).
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 11 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 mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹15,600 a quintal, the middle of 11 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.3 lakh a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹5,925 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹6,600 2021
- ₹6,050 2022
- ₹5,200 2023
- ₹4,960 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.
How to make it work
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 11 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 97%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 23%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 20%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 13%