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Safflower Price at Basava Kalayana

Agmarknet report for Thursday, 15 October 2026 yesterday · Bidar, Karnataka

Modal price · main variety
₹6,000per quintal
▲ +₹600 (11.1%) since 13 Oct

Safflower (FAQ) · ₹60.00 per kg

In short

What the prices show

On 15 Oct, the price was ₹6,000 per quintal, up 11.1% from ₹5,400 on 13 Oct. Over the last 30 days the price moved between ₹4,700 on 19 Sep and ₹6,000 on 15 Oct. That is the highest price since 11 Feb 2025.

Last week

Safflower at Basava Kalayana last week

Last week (5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026), the Safflower price at Basava Kalayana averaged ₹5,364 per quintal over 5 report days, up 8.0% from ₹4,967 the week before.

During the week it ranged from ₹5,150 on 6 Oct to ₹5,600 on 9 Oct.

Last week's full market report

Price movement

How the price moved

▲ +₹600 (11.1%) since 13 Oct▲ +₹550 (10.1%) since 8 Oct▲ +₹850 (16.5%) since 15 Sep

Modal price of the main variety: Safflower (FAQ). Changes and the chart follow this variety, so they compare like with like.

₹60.00 per kg. Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 15 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
SafflowerFAQ₹6,000₹6,000₹6,000

Modal price = the price most trade happened at that day. Prices per quintal.

Price chart (per quintal)

₹4,320₹4,808₹5,295₹5,782₹6,2701 Aug1 Sep1 OctAvg ₹5,045▲ ₹6,000▼ ₹4,500
₹4,320₹4,808₹5,295₹5,782₹6,270May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹5,082▲ ₹6,000▼ ₹4,500
₹4,718₹4,945₹5,172₹5,399₹5,62620252026Avg ₹5,124▲ ₹5,500▼ ₹4,802

Records from 2024. The all-years chart shows monthly averages.

Reports in the last 30 days

This market reported on 18 of the last 30 days.

DateModalMinMax
15 Oct₹6,000₹6,000₹6,000
13 Oct₹5,400₹5,400₹5,400
12 Oct₹5,400₹5,400₹5,500
9 Oct₹5,600₹5,600₹5,600
8 Oct₹5,450₹5,450₹5,550
7 Oct₹5,370₹5,100₹5,600
6 Oct₹5,150₹5,150₹5,400
5 Oct₹5,250₹5,150₹5,500
3 Oct₹4,900₹4,600₹5,450
1 Oct₹5,000₹4,900₹5,300
28 Sep₹5,000₹4,300₹5,440
26 Sep₹4,750₹4,600₹5,300
24 Sep₹5,250₹2,200₹5,500
23 Sep₹4,700₹4,700₹5,100
19 Sep₹4,700₹4,700₹5,200
18 Sep₹5,000₹5,000₹5,350
17 Sep₹4,900₹4,900₹5,200
16 Sep₹5,000₹4,500₹5,140

Safflower at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
GadagKarnataka₹5,79615 Oct
HubballiKarnataka₹5,47915 Oct
KalaburagiKarnataka₹5,10015 Oct
LaxmeshwarKarnataka₹5,19215 Oct
VijayapuraKarnataka₹5,20515 Oct
BagalkotKarnataka₹4,00012 Oct
BallariKarnataka₹5,2508 Oct
DharwarKarnataka₹5,1008 Oct
HaveriKarnataka₹5,50013 Oct
KustagiKarnataka₹7,60012 Oct
RanebennurKarnataka₹4,50013 Oct
ShiggoanKarnataka₹4,8009 Oct

Safflower prices at every market in Karnataka · Safflower prices across India · All prices at Basava Kalayana

Questions

Safflower at Basava Kalayana: questions

What is the safflower price at Basava Kalayana?

The latest report is from 15 Oct 2026: ₹6,000 per quintal for the Safflower variety. Basava Kalayana has not reported it today yet; every price here shows its own date.

What do the minimum, maximum and modal prices mean?

The minimum and maximum are the lowest and highest prices at which the produce sold that day. The modal price is the price at which most of it sold, so it is the best single figure; our charts and changes use it.

How do I turn the quintal price into a price per kg?

A quintal is 100 kg, so divide by 100: ₹6,000 per quintal is ₹60.00 per kg.

Why does Basava Kalayana list several varieties?

Markets report prices by variety and grade. So that changes compare like with like, the changes and charts here follow Safflower, the variety Basava Kalayana reports most often; the table lists every variety.

How often does Basava Kalayana report safflower prices?

On 18 of the last 30 days. Markets report on the days they trade and send their data, often later the same day or the next day; Sundays and holidays usually have none. We check for new reports every 20 minutes and show each price with its own date.

Where do these prices come from?

Agmarknet, the Government of India's agricultural marketing portal (Directorate of Marketing and Inspection), collects the prices that market committees report each trading day; we take them from data.gov.in.

Source: Agmarknet (Directorate of Marketing & Inspection, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare), via data.gov.in under the Government Open Data Licence – India. Prices as reported by the market committees; 1 quintal = 100 kg. Markets do not report every day; each price shows its own date. We read the source at 01:50 IST on 16 Oct 2026.