Moth Bean
Sow in July, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹6,000–₹10,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹3,000–₹6,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Not known: No soil data
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 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 230 mm it can use in a normal year, and 170 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 24–32 °C on average, and survives 13–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 35 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 35 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Likes pH 6.5–8.2. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
Yield: about 1.1 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
On rain alone it gets about 77% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 77% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹9,525 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹9,750 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis across India (latest 12 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹4,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹6,910 2021
- ₹6,570 2022
- ₹6,320 2023
- ₹5,950 2024
- ₹6,330 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹4,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.