Rice
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 7.0 lakh acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹31,000–₹46,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹2,000–₹18,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
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 1,050 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 920 mm it can use in a normal year, and 770 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 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 22 °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.
- Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of manganese.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 16 quintals of paddy an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,490 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹2,490 a quintal, the middle of 8 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹10,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹2,441 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹1,860 2021
- ₹1,940 2022
- ₹2,060 2023
- ₹2,230 2024
- ₹2,300 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
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 manganese Your soil is likely short of manganese.
Spray manganese sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, on the young crop.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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 97%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 43%
- Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) 9%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 7%