Rice
Sow in July, harvest around November
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 5,358 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹26,000–₹39,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹3,000 to a profit of ₹11,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 12 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 12 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,040 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 460 mm it can use in a normal year, and 380 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 29 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 21 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 15 °C
Soil
Soil for Rice: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- 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 organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 14 quintals of paddy an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹2,416 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹2,753 a quintal, the middle of 17 mandis in your state (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.
- ₹2,110 2021
- ₹2,230 2022
- ₹2,340 2023
- ₹2,400 2024
- ₹2,400 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
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 20 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 11% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
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 11%
- Urea Ammonium Phosphate 9%
- Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) 0%
- Nitro Phosphate Potash 0%