Rice
Sow in July, harvest around November
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 2.3 lakh acres here. Sold at 10 mandis in your district.
₹22,000–₹33,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹7,000 to a profit of ₹4,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 12 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
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 470 mm it can use in a normal year, and 300 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 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 18 °C
- Nov 27 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Rice: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 25 quintals of paddy an acre here in this season (district figures).
On rain alone it gets about 45% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 45% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (November 2026): about ₹2,461 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹2,461 a quintal, the middle of 2 mandis in your district (latest 10 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹1,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹2,441 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
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 20 quintals of paddy an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 100%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 100%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 5%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 1%