Rapeseed & Mustard
Sow in October, harvest around February
This season's sowing time (October) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹26,000–₹39,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹6,000–₹19,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 130 mm it can use in a normal year (70 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–28 °C on average, and survives 7–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 32 °C / 22 °C
- Dec 32 °C / 21 °C
- Jan 32 °C / 20 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 21 °C
Soil
Soil for Rapeseed & Mustard: 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: pH.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
Likes pH 6.0–8.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 6.0 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
On rain alone it gets about 82% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 82% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹6,657 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹6,459 a quintal, the middle of 4 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹11,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹6,613 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹7,490 2021
- ₹7,990 2022
- ₹7,200 2023
- ₹7,450 2024
- ₹7,180 2025
Prices are usually best in July.
Typical costs are about ₹20,000 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.