Tur (Arhar)
Sow in June, harvest around December
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 94 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹32,000–₹48,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹13,000–₹29,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 570 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,270 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,080 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 18–38 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 33 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 33 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 27 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 17 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 12 °C
Soil
Soil for Tur (Arhar): 8 out of 10 (good).
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 6.7 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹6,000 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 ₹45,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,450 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
Prices are usually best in November.
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
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 17%