Varagu (Kodo Millet)

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 390 mm it can use in a normal year, and 280 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 25 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 24 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 24 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 22 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 18 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 14 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 11 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 14 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)

Soil

Soil for Varagu (Kodo Millet): 7 out of 10 (okay).

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

Likes pH 4.8–6.0.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹2,188 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.