Jute
Sow in May, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (March–May) is over.
Grown on 8,557 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹1.6 lakh–₹2.4 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.2 lakh–₹2.0 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 470 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 770 mm it can use in a normal year, and 670 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 36 °C / 26 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 26 °C
Soil
Soil for Jute: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- 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 16 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 ₹14,950 a quintal, the middle of 12 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹2.0 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 16 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 98%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 65%
- Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) 65%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 33%