Rice
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 1.0 lakh acres here. Sold at 8 mandis in your district.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Needs care: Very hot in June
- 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 1,250 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 200 mm it can use in a normal year, and 140 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 15–36 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 41 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 38 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 36 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 35 °C / 19 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in June get hotter than it likes. Time sowing so it flowers before then.
Soil
Soil for Rice: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen, potassium and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 21 quintals of paddy an acre here in this season (district figures).
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 this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,355 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹2,270 a quintal, the middle of 4 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov).
Minimum support price: ₹2,441 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹2,650 2021
- ₹3,330 2022
- ₹3,060 2024
- ₹2,630 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹29,000 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 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) 94%
- Urea 94%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 27%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 18%