Varagu (Kodo Millet)
Sow in June, harvest around November
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 India.
No yield figures yet to estimate income
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too cold here in this season
- Not known: No soil data
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Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 670 mm it can use in a normal year, and 480 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):
- Jun 25 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 25 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 25 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 25 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
Soil
Likes pH 4.8–6.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
No yield records for this crop yet.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹2,025 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹2,266 a quintal, the middle of 13 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹2,000 2021
- ₹2,240 2022
- ₹2,600 2023
- ₹3,000 2024
- ₹2,290 2025
Prices are usually best in August.