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Your plan for Kinnaur

Rabi Rain only

We checked 49 crops against your soil, rain and temperature, whether or not they're grown near you.

It's November: 1 of the crops that suit can still be sown this season. For 1 the sowing time is over.

Your land

Soil

9

out of 10

Soil score

Good

Short in most fields here: nitrogen.

Not in the score: sulphur and boron.

For most crops. How the soil score works

Rain

About 136 mm in Rabi

October–February, in a normal year. A dry year brings about 83 mm.

Temperature

Days about 8 °C, nights -2 °C in Rabi

Typical of the district's villages; a farm much higher or lower can be a few degrees cooler or warmer.

What's short in your soil, and what to do (1 nutrient)

  • Nitrogen

    From 1,683 soil tests

    Poor

    Low 92% Medium 8%

    9 in 10 soil tests here came out low

    If your field is low: add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

    What this means

    Grows leaves and stems. Short soil gives pale, yellow leaves.

    Low under 280 kg/ha Medium 280–560 kg/ha High over 560 kg/ha

    Healthy soil has 280 kg/ha or more.

Fixes are the usual advice. Your Soil Health Card or nearest Krishi Vigyan Kendra gives the exact dose for your field.

Other soil results

  • Phosphorus

    From 1,683 soil tests

    Good

    Low 3% Medium 25% High 73%

    Most soil tests here came out high

    If your field is high: you can use about a quarter less DAP than usual.

    What this means

    Builds roots and helps the crop flower and fill grain.

    Low under 10 kg/ha Medium 10–25 kg/ha High over 25 kg/ha

    Healthy soil has 10 kg/ha or more.

  • Potassium

    From 1,683 soil tests

    Good

    Medium 4% High 95%

    Most soil tests here came out high

    If your field is high: you can use about a quarter less potash than usual.

    What this means

    Fills grain and fruit, and helps crops stand drought and disease.

    Low under 110 kg/ha Medium 110–280 kg/ha High over 280 kg/ha

    Healthy soil has 110 kg/ha or more.

  • Organic carbon

    From 1,681 soil tests

    Good

    Low 1% Medium 1% High 98%

    Most soil tests here came out high

    What this means

    Shows how much organic matter the soil has. It keeps soil loose, holds water and feeds the crop slowly.

    Low under 0.5% Medium 0.5–0.75% High over 0.75%

    Healthy soil has 0.5% or more.

  • pH

    From 1,665 soil tests

    Good

    Neutral 100%

    Almost every soil test here came out neutral

    What this means

    How sour (acidic) or alkaline the soil is. It decides which nutrients roots can take up.

    Acidic Neutral Alkaline

    In these tests, neutral means about pH 6 to 8, which suits most crops; acidic is below about 6 and alkaline above about 8.

  • Salt

    From 1,680 soil tests

    Good

    Not salty 100%

    Almost no soil tests here came out salty

    What this means

    Salt in the soil, shown as EC on the card. Salt makes it hard for roots to drink.

    Not salty Salty

    Under 1 dS/m is fine. Between 1 and 4, only crops that can't take salt lose yield. Above 4 harms most crops.

  • Zinc

    From 1,683 soil tests

    Good

    Enough 100%

    Almost every soil test here had enough

    What this means

    Needed for growth and healthy leaves. Rice and wheat often run short.

    Short under 0.6 ppm Enough 0.6 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 0.6 ppm or more.

  • Iron

    From 1,683 soil tests

    Good

    Enough 100%

    Almost every soil test here had enough

    What this means

    Keeps young leaves green.

    Short under 4.5 ppm Enough 4.5 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 4.5 ppm or more.

  • Copper

    From 1,682 soil tests

    Good

    Enough 100%

    Almost every soil test here had enough

    What this means

    Helps the crop set seed and resist disease.

    Short under 0.2 ppm Enough 0.2 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 0.2 ppm or more.

  • Manganese

    From 1,683 soil tests

    Good

    Enough 100%

    Almost every soil test here had enough

    What this means

    Helps leaves make food from sunlight.

    Short under 2 ppm Enough 2 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 2 ppm or more.

Not tested here: sulphur and boron.

Good fit 0

Water, temperature and soil type suit; amber shows what needs care, such as nutrients to add. Sorted by what is likely left per acre after costs; risky crops come lower.

Nothing fits well this season. Look at the crops below that are possible with effort, or try another season.

Possible, with effort 2

Each needs something extra: irrigation, soil care or a careful sowing time, or it likely loses money at typical costs. The card says what.

Sowing Growing Harvest

  1. Wheat

    JJASONDJFMAM

    Sow in November, harvest around August

    Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.

    Grown on 180 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.

    Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on

    • Needs care: Risky: 9 irrigations short
    • Needs care: Cool in November
    • Suits: Soil 9/10
    Why, and how to make it work

    Water

    Rain falls about 9 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

    Needs about 700 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 270 mm it can use in a normal year (150 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 10 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 5–27 °C.

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

    • Nov 11 °C / 1 °C (outside its best range)
    • Dec 6 °C / -4 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jan 3 °C / -6 °C (outside its best range)
    • Feb 5 °C / -4 °C (outside its best range)
    • Mar 9 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
    • Apr 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
    • May 20 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jun 23 °C / 12 °C
    • Jul 22 °C / 13 °C
    • Aug 22 °C / 12 °C

    Months in orange are outside its best range.

    Soil

    Soil for Wheat: 9 out of 10 (good).

    Not in the score: sulphur and boron.

    • The pH here suits it.
    • Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.

    Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

    How the soil score works

    Money

    Yield: about 8.4 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

    Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

    Mandi price at last season's harvest (August–September 2026): about ₹2,575 a quintal across India's mandis.

    Minimum support price: ₹2,610 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

    Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
    1. ₹1,820 2021
    2. ₹2,060 2022
    3. ₹2,330 2023
    4. ₹2,480 2024
    5. ₹2,530 2025

    Prices are usually best in November.

    Typical costs are about ₹19,000 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

    • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

      Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

      About 94% of local fields of this crop get it.

    What local farmers put on it (share of fields):

    • Urea 94%

  2. Rapeseed & Mustard

    JJASONDJFMAM

    Sow in October, harvest around August

    This season's sowing time (October) is over.

    Grown on 8 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.

    Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on

    • Needs care: Risky: 8 irrigations short
    • Needs care: Cool in October
    • Suits: Soil 9/10
    Why, and how to make it work

    Water

    Rain falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

    Needs about 640 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 250 mm it can use in a normal year (130 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 0 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 15–28 °C on average, and survives 7–40 °C.

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

    • Oct 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
    • Nov 11 °C / 1 °C (outside its best range)
    • Dec 6 °C / -4 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jan 3 °C / -6 °C (outside its best range)
    • Feb 5 °C / -4 °C (outside its best range)
    • Mar 9 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
    • Apr 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
    • May 20 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jun 23 °C / 12 °C
    • Jul 22 °C / 13 °C
    • Aug 22 °C / 12 °C

    Months in orange are outside its best range.

    Soil

    Soil for Rapeseed & Mustard: 9 out of 10 (good).

    Not in the score: sulphur and boron.

    • The pH here suits it.
    • Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

    Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

    How the soil score works

    Money

    Yield: about 1.9 quintals an acre here (district figures).

    Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

    Mandi price at last season's harvest (August–September 2026): about ₹7,470 a quintal across India's mandis.

    Minimum support price: ₹6,613 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

    Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
    1. ₹6,280 2021
    2. ₹6,220 2022
    3. ₹5,210 2023
    4. ₹5,400 2024
    5. ₹6,200 2025

    Prices are usually best in November.

    Typical costs are about ₹20,000 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

    • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

      Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

      Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

47 crops won't work here See why for each one

10 more crops aren't judged yet because we don't have their growing needs.

Next steps

Source: Soil Health Card – soil nutrient analysis (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are; FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).