Linseed
Sow in October, harvest around February
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
Grown on 9,395 acres here. Sold at 3 mandis in your district.
₹12,000–₹18,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹4,000–₹10,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 20 mm it can use in a normal year (10 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 16–24 °C on average, and survives 5–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 30 °C / 18 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 12 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 9 °C
- Jan 25 °C / 9 °C
- Feb 29 °C / 12 °C
Soil
Soil for Linseed: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 6.0–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.2 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹6,753 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹10,000 a quintal, the middle of 14 mandis in your state (latest 12 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹14,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹6,750 2021
- ₹6,030 2022
- ₹4,800 2023
- ₹5,100 2024
- ₹6,330 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹8,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 2.9 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.