Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in October, harvest around December
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for this season in your district. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.
₹12,000–₹19,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹2,000 to a profit of ₹5,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 200 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):
- Oct 35 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 13 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: phosphorus.
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 3.6 quintals an acre here in its other seasons (district figures).
On rain alone it gets about 73% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 73% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹5,816 a quintal at mandis in your district.
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 ₹6,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,550 2022
- ₹6,540 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 3.0 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.