Your plan for Kasaragod

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 260 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–35 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.

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

• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C

Soil

Soil for Urad (Black Gram): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Most fields here are short of potassium.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 2.6 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹12,750 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Minimum support price: ₹8,200 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in April.

Typical costs are about ₹14,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 290 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 25–35 °C on average, and survives 15–40 °C.

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

• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C
• Jan 32 °C / 21 °C

Soil

Soil for Cowpea (Lobia): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Most fields here are short of potassium.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 2.8 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹9,600 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in January.

Typical costs are about ₹10,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–28 °C on average, and survives 17–35 °C.

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

• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C
• Jan 32 °C / 21 °C

Soil

Soil for Horse Gram (Kulthi): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Most fields here are short of potassium.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 2.5 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹3,830 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹6,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 370 mm it can use in a normal year, and 300 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–24 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.

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

• Sep 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Cabbage: 7 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 97 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹3,600 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in July.

Typical costs are about ₹71,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.

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

• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 45 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹4,775 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in May.

Typical costs are about ₹85,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 460 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–28 °C on average, and survives 10–38 °C.

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

• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C
• Jan 32 °C / 21 °C
• Feb 33 °C / 22 °C

Soil

Soil for Sweet Potato: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 58 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

On rain alone it gets about 73% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 73% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹2,588 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in September.

Typical costs are about ₹55,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 370 mm it can use in a normal year, and 300 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 10–25 °C on average, and survives 5–30 °C.

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

• Sep 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Cauliflower: 7 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 84 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹1,700 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in July.

Typical costs are about ₹74,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 220 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 130 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 21–36 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.

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

• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C

Soil

Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
• Most fields here are short of potassium.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 6.2–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 4.0 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹10,975 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in June.

Typical costs are about ₹14,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 350 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 10–24 °C on average, and survives 4–30 °C.

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

• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 32 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Green Peas: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 26 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹2,244 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹35,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 4–32 °C.

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

• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 32 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Coriander: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 5.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹8,351 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹18,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 170 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 130 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 12–26 °C on average, and survives 10–37 °C.

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

• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Radish: 7 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 66 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹925 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in August.

Typical costs are about ₹30,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–24 °C on average, and survives 3–30 °C.

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

• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 32 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Carrot: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.8–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 66 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

On rain alone it gets about 88% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 88% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹1,375 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in July.

Typical costs are about ₹50,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 330 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 13–27 °C on average, and survives 5–32 °C.

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

• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 32 °C / 21 °C
• Jan 32 °C / 21 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Fenugreek (Methi): 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 7.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 6.7 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹5,199 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹19,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.