Sugarcane
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.
₹20,000–₹29,000
per acre a year, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹32,000–₹42,000 an acre a year
- Needs care: Risky: 5 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 5 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,030 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 820 mm it can use in a normal year, and 740 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 24–37 °C on average, and survives 15–41 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 25 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 25 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 25 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 24 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 22 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 13 °C / 1 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 17 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- May 23 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 25 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Sugarcane: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 83 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 80% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 80% of this yield.
Priced at the government's fair and remunerative price for cane, ₹365 a quintal.
- ₹300 2021
- ₹300 2022
- ₹300 2023
- ₹330 2024
- ₹350 2025
Prices are usually best in May.
Typical costs are about ₹61,000 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
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.