Tobacco
Sow in July, harvest around November
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 389 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.
₹61,000–₹92,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹40,000–₹70,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 530 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–30 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 25 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 22 °C
Soil
Soil for Tobacco: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 5.0–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 12 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹6,500 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹2,300 a quintal, the middle of 7 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹5,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹4,650 2021
- ₹4,490 2022
- ₹4,570 2023
- ₹5,130 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹22,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.