Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in June, harvest around August
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 223 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹20,000–₹30,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹6,000–₹16,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 1 irrigation short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 290 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 260 mm it can use in a normal year, and 130 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 21–36 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 40 °C / 28 °C
- Jul 35 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
Soil
Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 3.2 quintals an acre here (district figures).
On rain alone it gets about 88% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 88% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (August–September 2026): about ₹8,768 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹8,000 a quintal, the middle of 164 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹9,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹7,000 2021
- ₹7,130 2022
- ₹7,870 2023
- ₹8,760 2024
- ₹8,750 2025
Prices are usually best in February.
Typical costs are about ₹14,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 3.9 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 18%