Rice
Sow in July, harvest around November
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 885 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 ₹10,000 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 1,000 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 870 mm it can use in a normal year, and 740 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 31 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Rice: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
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).
On rain alone it gets about 86% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 86% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹2,415 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 leave about ₹4,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹2,441 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹1,930 2021
- ₹1,930 2022
- ₹2,080 2023
- ₹2,270 2024
- ₹2,420 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 19 quintals of paddy an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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 86%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 85%
- Urea Ammonium Phosphate 28%
- NPK Mixture 18%