Fenugreek (Methi)

Water

Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 280 mm it can use in a normal year, and 220 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 13–27 °C on average, and survives 5–32 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Oct 23 °C / 7 °C
• Nov 17 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 10 °C / -2 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 7 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 10 °C / 0 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 16 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 21 °C / 9 °C
• May 25 °C / 12 °C

Soil

Soil for Fenugreek (Methi): 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.
• Most fields here are short of iron.

Likes pH 7.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 6.7 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

On rain alone it gets about 70% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 70% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (May–June 2026): about ₹6,141 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,336 a quintal, the middle of 20 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹15,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹19,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.