Tur (Arhar)
Sow in June, harvest around December
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 401 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹15,000–₹22,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹4,000 to a profit of ₹3,000 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 510 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 900 mm it can use in a normal year, and 640 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 27 °C / 20 °C
- Jul 25 °C / 20 °C
- Aug 25 °C / 20 °C
- Sep 26 °C / 20 °C
- Oct 28 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 28 °C / 16 °C
Soil
Soil for Tur (Arhar): 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.8 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹6,635 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹9,666 a quintal, the middle of 20 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹8,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,450 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,470 2021
- ₹5,500 2022
- ₹9,110 2023
- ₹9,710 2024
- ₹6,270 2025
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
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 3.2 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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 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.