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
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 460 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 180 mm it can use in a normal year, and 140 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 36 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Soybean: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Salt in the soil here can harm it.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.4 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
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 ₹6,988 a quintal, the middle of 359 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 organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.