Sunflower
Sow in June, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹7,000–₹11,000
per acre a season, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹12,000–₹16,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 330 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 610 mm it can use in a normal year, and 510 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 17–34 °C on average, and survives 5–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 38 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 31 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Sunflower: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.5 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (October 2026): about ₹3,651 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹7,283 a quintal, the middle of 20 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹5,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,343 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹23,000 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 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.