Safflower

Water

Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 410 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 250 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–32 °C on average, and survives 5–45 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Sep 30 °C / 23 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 32 °C / 22 °C
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C
• Jan 32 °C / 20 °C

Soil

Soil for Safflower: 7 out of 10 (okay).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of potassium.

Likes pH 6.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 3.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

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 (January–February 2026): about ₹6,866 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹5,965 a quintal, the middle of 10 mandis in your state (latest 12 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹2,000 a season after typical costs.

Minimum support price: ₹7,215 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹15,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.