Cowpea (Lobia)
Sow in July, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 200 mm it can use in a normal year, and 150 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 25–35 °C on average, and survives 15–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 33 °C / 20 °C
Soil
Likes pH 5.5–7.5. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
Yield: about 2.8 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹8,892 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹8,965 a quintal, the middle of 22 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹5,510 2021
- ₹5,430 2022
- ₹6,340 2023
- ₹7,030 2024
- ₹5,820 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹9,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.