Rice
Sow in July, harvest around November
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 86,349 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹20,000–₹30,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹9,000 to a profit of ₹1,000 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 960 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 820 mm it can use in a normal year, and 630 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):
- Jul 30 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 18 °C
Soil
Soil for Rice: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 13 quintals of paddy an acre here in this season (district figures).
On rain alone it gets about 85% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 85% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (November–December 2025): about ₹2,300 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹2,461 a quintal, the middle of 687 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹2,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹2,441 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹1,870 2021
- ₹1,940 2022
- ₹2,040 2023
- ₹2,180 2024
- ₹2,300 2025
Prices are usually best in January.
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 18 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 71% of local fields of this crop get it.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 71%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 44%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 32%
- Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) 4%