Rice
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 2.1 lakh acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹31,000–₹46,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹2,000–₹17,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 9 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 9 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,110 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 680 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 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 38 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 34 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 18 °C
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 potassium.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of manganese.
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 61% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 61% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,461 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹2,461 a quintal, the middle of 27 mandis in your state (latest 12 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.
- ₹3,250 2023
- ₹2,570 2024
Prices are usually best in February.
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 26 quintals of paddy an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
About 86% 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 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.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 100%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 86%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 83%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 77%