Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in November, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
Grown on 1,138 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹19,000–₹28,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹5,000–₹14,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 220 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 200 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 31 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 15 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 16 °C
Soil
Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: zinc, iron and boron.
- Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of manganese.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 3.7 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹6,328 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹6,319 a quintal, the middle of 10 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹9,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,910 2021
- ₹6,190 2022
- ₹7,310 2023
- ₹7,140 2024
- ₹6,180 2025
Prices are usually best in August.
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 3.2 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 manganese Your soil is likely short of manganese.
Spray manganese sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, on the young crop.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.