Varagu (Kodo Millet)

Water

Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 480 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 230 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 25–27 °C on average, and survives 5–33 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jul 29 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 28 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 27 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 23 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 17 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 10 °C / -2 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 7 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 10 °C / 0 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 16 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)

Soil

Soil for Varagu (Kodo Millet): 8 out of 10 (good).

• Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of iron.

Likes pH 4.8–6.0.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

On rain alone it gets about 75% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 75% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (April–May 2026): about ₹2,270 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹2,266 a quintal, the middle of 13 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in August.