Peas & Beans (Dry)
Sow in October, harvest around February
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
Grown on 1,414 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.
₹27,000–₹40,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹12,000–₹25,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 210 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year (70 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–24 °C on average, and survives 4–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 23 °C / 15 °C
- Nov 20 °C / 11 °C
- Dec 17 °C / 7 °C
- Jan 16 °C / 6 °C
Soil
Soil for Peas & Beans (Dry): 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 8.0 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹4,209 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹3,910 a quintal, the middle of 7 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹16,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹5,590 2021
- ₹4,810 2022
- ₹4,930 2023
- ₹5,190 2024
- ₹4,240 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹15,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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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.