Your plan for Wayanad

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 620 mm it can use in a normal year, and 380 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

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

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 27 °C / 19 °C

Soil

Soil for Sweet Potato: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

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

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).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹4,525 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in September.

Typical costs are about ₹59,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), 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 440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 690 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 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 17–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 27 °C / 19 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

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

Likes pH 5.5–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 62 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹6,850 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in June.

Typical costs are about ₹1.3 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 550 mm it can use in a normal year, and 340 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 10–25 °C on average, and survives 5–30 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

• 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.

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 (September–October 2026): about ₹4,800 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 240 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 490 mm it can use in a normal year, and 290 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 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

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

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 (September–October 2026): about ₹7,225 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in May.

Typical costs are about ₹1.2 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 550 mm it can use in a normal year, and 340 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 15–24 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

• 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.

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 (September–October 2026): about ₹3,350 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in June.

Typical costs are about ₹1.0 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 140 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 300 mm it can use in a normal year, and 220 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 12–26 °C on average, and survives 10–37 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

• 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.

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 (August–September 2026): about ₹3,000 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹71,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), 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 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 490 mm it can use in a normal year, and 320 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 12–25 °C on average, and survives 4–33 °C.

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

• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 27 °C / 19 °C
• Nov 27 °C / 19 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 64 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹2,950 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in September.

Typical costs are about ₹1.0 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 310 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 550 mm it can use in a normal year, and 340 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 20–30 °C on average, and survives 12–35 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C

Soil

Soil for Okra (Bhindi): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

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

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 54 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 (September–October 2026): about ₹2,800 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in August.

Typical costs are about ₹66,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), 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 430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 660 mm it can use in a normal year, and 400 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 20–27 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 27 °C / 19 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

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

Likes pH 5.5–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 35 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,650 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹46,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 650 mm it can use in a normal year, and 430 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 29 °C / 21 °C
• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

• 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.

Likes pH 6.5–7.0.

Money

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.

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.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 240 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 530 mm it can use in a normal year, and 320 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 25–35 °C on average, and survives 15–40 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

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

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 (September–October 2026): about ₹8,300 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹9,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 270 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 550 mm it can use in a normal year, and 340 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 25–35 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Guar Seed (Cluster Bean): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 7.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 2.4 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹6,556 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹6,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 210 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 520 mm it can use in a normal year, and 300 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 25–35 °C on average, and survives 12–40 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Bajra (Pearl Millet): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 6.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 7.8 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 (September–October 2026): about ₹2,345 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹2,900 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹11,000 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 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 480 mm it can use in a normal year, and 280 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 24–32 °C on average, and survives 13–45 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Moth Bean: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 6.5–8.2.

Money

Yield: about 1.1 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (August–September 2026): about ₹8,600 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹4,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. 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 gives about 550 mm it can use in a normal year, and 340 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–33 °C on average, and survives 10–47 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 9.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹2,350 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹2,410 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹22,000 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 240 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 530 mm it can use in a normal year, and 320 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 20–30 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C

Soil

Soil for Sesame (Til): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

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

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 1.1 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹12,500 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹10,346 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹15,000 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 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 580 mm it can use in a normal year, and 360 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 18–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C

Soil

Soil for Ragi (Finger Millet): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 5.5 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,501 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹5,205 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in January.

Typical costs are about ₹21,000 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 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 580 mm it can use in a normal year, and 360 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 22–35 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Jowar (Sorghum): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 2.8 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,701 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹4,023 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

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 ₹12,000 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 250 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 540 mm it can use in a normal year, and 330 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 17–34 °C on average, and survives 5–45 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 2.7 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹7,446 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹8,343 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in August.

Typical costs are about ₹23,000 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 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 620 mm it can use in a normal year, and 380 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 15–30 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.

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

• Jun 26 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 27 °C / 19 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and sulphur.

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.0–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 6.5 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,609 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹23,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.