Soybean
Sow in June, 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.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 470 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 100 mm it can use in a normal year, and 60 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 40 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 37 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 35 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Soybean: 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.
- Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of potassium.
- Most fields here are short of manganese.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 4.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹6,078 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹7,000 a quintal, the middle of 384 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
Minimum support price: ₹5,708 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹6,140 2021
- ₹5,950 2022
- ₹4,790 2023
- ₹4,290 2024
- ₹4,130 2025
Prices are usually best in July.
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
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
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.