Tur (Arhar)
Sow in June, harvest around December
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 1,132 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 8 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 10/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 610 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 250 mm it can use in a normal year, and 170 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 31 °C / 22 °C
- Jul 28 °C / 21 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 16 °C
Soil
Soil for Tur (Arhar): 10 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: salt.
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.2 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
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 (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹6,635 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹4,645 a quintal, the middle of 2 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov).
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 4.8 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 98%
- Urea 26%
- Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) 2%