Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,480 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 590 mm it can use in a normal year, and 520 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 34 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 19 °C
- Dec 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 25 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 29 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 33 °C / 21 °C
- Apr 35 °C / 24 °C
- May 36 °C / 26 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 26 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Sugarcane: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 323 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 302 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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.
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 99%
- NPK Mixture 68%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 0%