Soybean
Sow in June, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 43 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹15,000–₹23,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹1,000 to a profit of ₹6,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
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 440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 220 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–33 °C on average, and survives 10–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 41 °C / 29 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 35 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Soybean: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 4.0 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
On rain alone it gets about 79% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 79% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹5,973 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹6,888 a quintal, the middle of 16 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹5,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹5,708 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹6,190 2021
- ₹6,020 2022
- ₹4,760 2023
- ₹4,350 2024
- ₹4,110 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹16,000 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 5.9 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.