Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Needs care: Cool in October
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,240 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 700 mm it can use in a normal year, and 630 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 29 °C / 22 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 28 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 25 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 23 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 26 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 27 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- May 28 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 29 °C / 22 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Sugarcane: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 138 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
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
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 172 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.