Farming practices
When our rice is sown and harvested, and what we recorded about each batch we pack.
The Assam Rice Year
অসমৰ ধানৰ বৰ্ষপঞ্জী · চাৰিটা শস্য ঋতু
Now in the fields
November
Sali and Bao harvest; Boro in the nursery
Saliশালি
HarvestingTransplant Jun–Jul · Harvest Nov–Jan
winter rice · Assam’s main crop, about 1.9 million hectares, transplanted in the monsoon.
Baoবাও
HarvestingSow Apr–May · Harvest Nov–Jan
deep-water rice · Sown before the floods in Majuli, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Sivasagar; its stems lengthen as the Brahmaputra rises.
Boroবোৰো
In the nurseryNursery Nov–Dec · Harvest May–Jun
summer rice · Irrigated rice, about 0.4 million hectares, grown through the dry months and cut before the floods.
Ahuআহু
Off seasonSow Feb–Apr · Harvest Jun–Jul
autumn rice · Early rice of 80–130 days, direct-seeded before the monsoon.
Batch by batch
Every pack belongs to a harvest batch. Practice notes are written for that batch and dated — we don’t make blanket claims about all our rice.
Batch records appear here as each harvest is packed.