Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in July, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 94 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹23,000–₹34,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹9,000–₹20,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 220 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 500 mm it can use in a normal year, and 400 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 21–36 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 30 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 24 °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.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 3.9 quintals an acre here (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹7,300 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹7,600 a quintal, the middle of 49 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹15,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,800 2021
- ₹5,780 2022
- ₹6,750 2023
Prices are usually best in October.
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 5.4 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.