Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in November, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for this season in your district. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.
₹8,000–₹12,000
per acre a season, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹2,000–₹6,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 1 irrigation short
- Needs care: Cool in December
- Suits: Soil 8/10
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 170 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 21–36 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 24 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Many fields here are short of phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 1.9 quintals an acre here in its other seasons (district figures).
On rain alone it gets about 86% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 86% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (February 2026): about ₹6,200 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹8,000 a quintal, the middle of 164 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹1,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹6,270 2021
- ₹7,000 2022
- ₹7,310 2023
Prices are usually best in July.
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 2.9 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
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 92%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 4%