Jute
Sow in May, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (March–May) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 550 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 180 mm it can use in a normal year, and 130 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–37 °C on average, and survives 13–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- May 40 °C / 29 °C
- Jun 38 °C / 28 °C
- Jul 34 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Soil for Jute: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 6.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 11 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹12,950 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹15,600 a quintal, the middle of 11 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
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.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
About 100% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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.
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):
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 100%
- Urea Ammonium Phosphate 31%
- NPK Mixture 13%
- Urea 13%