Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in October, harvest around December
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹13,000–₹19,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹1,000 to a profit of ₹5,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too cold here in this season
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 130 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 190 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
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):
- Oct 23 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 21 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 18 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
Soil
Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 8 out of 10 (good).
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Most fields here are short of copper.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.6 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹6,108 a quintal across India's mandis.
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 ₹7,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹6,010 2021
- ₹6,130 2022
- ₹7,280 2023
- ₹7,580 2024
- ₹6,880 2025
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
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Short of copper Your soil is likely short of copper.
Mix 2 kg of copper sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.