Ber
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹1.3 lakh–₹1.9 lakh
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 2
After typical costs: ₹32,000–₹96,000 an acre a year
- Needs care: Risky: 6 irrigations short
- Needs care: Cool in October
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,160 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 890 mm it can use in a normal year, and 810 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 25–42 °C on average, and survives 7–50 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 34 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 28 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 28 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 27 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 28 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 30 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 34 °C / 18 °C
- Apr 37 °C / 23 °C
- May 39 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Ber: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 67 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
On rain alone it gets about 77% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 77% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–March 2026): about ₹3,127 a quintal across India's mandis.
- ₹1,180 2022
- ₹2,000 2023
- ₹2,230 2024
- ₹2,760 2025
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 ₹98,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.