Samai (Little Millet)

Water

Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 130 mm it can use in a normal year, and 110 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–27 °C on average, and survives 15–45 °C.

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

• Jun 28 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 28 °C / 18 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 17 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Samai (Little Millet): 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–6.2.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹7,400 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,350 a quintal, the middle of 5 mandis across India (latest 12 Nov).

Prices are usually best in August.