Rice
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 6.7 lakh acres here. Sold at 9 mandis in your district.
₹30,000–₹45,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1,000–₹17,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 5 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 5 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,060 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 840 mm it can use in a normal year, and 640 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 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Rice: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 19 quintals of paddy an acre here in this season (district figures).
On rain alone it gets about 80% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 80% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,490 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹2,490 a quintal, the middle of 4 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹9,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹2,441 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹1,850 2021
- ₹1,940 2022
- ₹1,960 2023
- ₹2,200 2024
- ₹2,320 2025
Prices are usually best in September.
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
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 19 quintals of paddy an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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 90% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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.
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):
- Urea 90%
- NPK Mixture 21%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 21%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 6%