Your plan for Kupwara

Water

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

Needs about 380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 410 mm it can use in a normal year (290 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 20 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 21 °C / 8 °C
• Nov 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 6 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 8 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 19 °C / 8 °C
• May 23 °C / 12 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Peas & Beans (Dry): 9 out of 10 (good).

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

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 7.2 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 (May–June 2026): about ₹4,000 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹14,000 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 gives about 380 mm it can use in a normal year, and 260 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

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

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

• Oct 21 °C / 8 °C
• Nov 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 6 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 8 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 19 °C / 8 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

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

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 76 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 (April–May 2026): about ₹4,688 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹1.7 lakh 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 570 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 470 mm it can use in a normal year, and 340 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

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

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

• Oct 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 6 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 8 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• May 23 °C / 12 °C
• Jun 27 °C / 16 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

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

Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 3.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

On rain alone it gets about 82% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 82% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (July–August 2026): about ₹7,363 a quintal across India's mandis.

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

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.

Water

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

Needs about 600 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 470 mm it can use in a normal year, and 340 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

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

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

• Oct 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 6 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 8 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• May 23 °C / 12 °C
• Jun 27 °C / 16 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

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

Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 8.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

On rain alone it gets about 79% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 79% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (July–August 2026): about ₹2,513 a quintal across India's mandis.

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

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.

Water

Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 520 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 460 mm it can use in a normal year (330 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 0 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–29 °C on average, and survives 5–32 °C.

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

• Oct 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 6 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 8 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• May 23 °C / 12 °C
• Jun 27 °C / 16 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Lentil (Masoor): 9 out of 10 (good).

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

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 2.0 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

On rain alone it gets about 90% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 90% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (June–July 2026): about ₹6,366 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹7,390 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹16,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 570 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 410 mm it can use in a normal year, and 340 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–20 °C on average, and survives 2–40 °C.

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

• Nov 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 6 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 8 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• May 23 °C / 12 °C
• Jun 27 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

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

Likes pH 6.5–8.5.

Money

Yield: about 2.6 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

On rain alone it gets about 72% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 72% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (July–August 2026): about ₹2,375 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹2,286 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹18,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 810 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 490 mm it can use in a normal year, and 390 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–30 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.

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

• Oct 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 6 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 8 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• May 23 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 27 °C / 16 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 17 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 17 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

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

Likes pH 6.0–6.6.

Money

Yield: about 33 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

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 ₹14,250 a quintal across mandis in your state.

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

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹1.1 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 falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 520 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 220 mm it can use in a normal year, and 160 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 7–30 °C.

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

• Mar 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• May 23 °C / 12 °C
• Jun 27 °C / 16 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 17 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Nights in March can bring frost while the plants are young. Sow a little later, or cover the seedlings on cold nights.

Soil

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

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

Likes pH 5.0–6.2.

Money

Yield: about 50 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 (July–August 2026): about ₹1,150 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in August.

Typical costs are about ₹73,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.