Jute
Sow in May, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (March–May) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹1.1 lakh–₹1.7 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹73,000–₹1.3 lakh 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, even in a dry year.
Needs about 490 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,190 mm it can use in a normal year, and 660 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–37 °C on average, and survives 13–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- May 34 °C / 19 °C
- Jun 32 °C / 21 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 21 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
- Sep 28 °C / 19 °C
Soil
Soil for Jute: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
Likes pH 6.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 11 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹12,950 a quintal across India's mandis.
Minimum support price: ₹5,925 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹6,580 2021
- ₹6,050 2022
- ₹5,200 2023
- ₹5,000 2024
- ₹6,380 2025
Prices are usually best in June.
Typical costs are about ₹40,000 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
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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.