Peas & Beans (Dry)
Sow in November, harvest around March
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
Grown on 36 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.
₹12,000–₹18,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹3,000 to a profit of ₹3,000 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 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 40 mm it can use in a normal year (10 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):
- Nov 20 °C / 9 °C
- Dec 17 °C / 7 °C
- Jan 15 °C / 6 °C
- Feb 19 °C / 7 °C
Soil
Soil for Peas & Beans (Dry): 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 3.8 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹4,018 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 lose about ₹6 a season at 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
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 4.5 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.