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Where fields can be worked today, advice for your district, what rabi crops pay, and farming schemes

Farming in numbers: sowing conditionsLive data

Where field work can happen now

From the next 3 days of rain — 795 districts · 8 Oct, 6:03 am

420Good for field workunder 2.5 mm in 3 days
255Light rain — plan around it2.5–15 mm
120Rain — hold off sprayingover 15 mm
0Heavy rain — pause harvest64.5 mm+ on a day
StateField-readyWet
Uttar Pradesh48%4/75
Madhya Pradesh100%0/55
Rajasthan100%0/41
Bihar5%13/38
Tamil Nadu5%17/38
Maharashtra94%0/36
Assam26%15/35
Gujarat100%0/34
Chhattisgarh94%0/33
Telangana100%0/33
Karnataka58%3/31
Odisha60%0/30
Field advice for my district

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

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Remembered on this phone · Forecast: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) · Hour by hour →

Rabi 2026-27: what each crop pays

MSP: PIB releases · mandi: Agmarknet national median. Before sowing, weigh your soil, water and nearest procurement centre too.

This week’s checklist

  • 420 districts dry for 3 days — harvest paddy, dry it, sow rabi.
  • 120 districts with rain — hold off spraying and top-dressing.
  • Next-harvest wheat MSP announced at ₹2,610 — line up seed and fertiliser now.

Generated from live weather and MSP.

Farming desk: today’s stories

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Government schemes for farming

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Crop insurance
RunningPMFBY

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

2% premium you pay at most, kharif food grains & oilseeds

Crop insurance where the farmer pays a small, capped premium and the government pays the rest.

Apply: Each season has a cut-off date set district by district — normally not later than 15 July for kharif and 15 December for rabi (cl. 16.2).

Source: PMFBY Revamped Operational Guidelines (Kharif 2020) · 2020

Horticulture
RunningNHB

National Horticulture Board — commercial horticulture and cold storage subsidy

35% of the cost, at most

A bank-loan-linked subsidy for larger horticulture projects: commercial orchards and plantations, polyhouses and shade nets, and cold storage.

Source: NHB Operational Guidelines, January 2025 · 1 January 2025

Crops & seeds
RunningPM-RKVY

Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

₹30,000 per farming family, at most

An umbrella scheme: each state chooses its own farm projects and runs drip irrigation, machinery, soil health, organic farming, rainfed farming and other components from it.

Source: Union Expenditure Budget 2026-27 · February 2026