Tur (Arhar)
Sow in June, harvest around December
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 42,010 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹35,000–₹52,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹16,000–₹33,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 630 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 490 mm it can use in a normal year, and 340 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 18–38 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 40 °C / 29 °C
- Jul 34 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 34 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
- Dec 25 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Tur (Arhar): 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Many fields here are short of phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 5.7 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹7,605 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹9,500 a quintal, the middle of 114 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹35,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,450 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹6,080 2021
- ₹6,440 2022
- ₹7,770 2023
- ₹10,280 2024
- ₹7,880 2025
Prices are usually best in April.
Typical costs are about ₹19,000 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 4.1 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 53%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 1%
- Calcium Ammonium Nitrate 1%
- Ammonium Sulphate 0%