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 3 mandis in your district.
₹9,000–₹14,000
per acre a season, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹29–₹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 210 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 33 °C / 16 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 13 °C
- Jan 28 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
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 iron.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.7 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 (January–February 2026): about ₹5,944 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 leave about ₹2,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,020 2021
- ₹6,790 2024
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 3.0 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
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 100%