How do I track Lasalgaon onion prices and decide the right time to sell my stored onion?
Onion (pyaaz) rate today trend in Lasalgaon mandi - how to check and when to sell?
VVishal11mo ago · 389 views
6 Answers
🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓11mo ago
Do not chase a single fixed number, track the live trend instead. Check daily modal rates for Lasalgaon and your nearest APMC on the Agmarknet portal, the state APMC site, and mandi apps, and watch the gap between minimum and maximum to judge quality demand. Seasonally, rates are usually lowest right after the rabi harvest glut around April to June when everyone sells, and they tend to firm up from late monsoon into winter as stored stocks run down, though weather, exports and government action can change this. The smart play with stored rabi onion is to sell in lots rather than all at once, watch arrivals (high arrivals push rates down), and grade well since bigger, dry, dark red bulbs always fetch a premium. Treat any rate figure as indicative and verify the live mandi rate before you load the truck.
YYogesh10mo ago
I check Agmarknet on the phone every morning and also call a trader friend at Lasalgaon. The portal sometimes lags by a day, so a quick call confirms the real rate on arrival.
RRavindra10mo ago
Selling in lots saved me. The year I dumped everything in one go I hit a low day and regretted it. Now I move maybe a fourth at a time and average out a better price over weeks.
EEknath10mo ago
Watch the arrivals number, not just the price. On heavy arrival days the rate drops because too many trucks come. If you can wait a day or two for arrivals to thin out, you often get a better rate for the same onion.
DDattatray10mo ago
One caution: do not hold forever waiting for a peak. I once chased a higher rate too long and my stored onion started sprouting and losing weight, so I lost more than I would have gained. Sell while quality is still good.
KKishor10mo ago
Madanapurkar and other nearby APMCs sometimes pay a bit more than Lasalgaon on a given day. I compare two or three markets on the portal before deciding where to take the lot, since transport cost is small compared to the rate difference.