Tur (Arhar)
Sow in June, harvest around December
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 99,526 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹5,000–₹8,000
per acre a season, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹11,000–₹14,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 6 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 600 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 310 mm it can use in a normal year, and 160 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 29 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 19 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 17 °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 zinc.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 1.9 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
On rain alone it gets about 52% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 52% of this yield.
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 lose about ₹10,000 a season at 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 4.8 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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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.
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 82%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 38%
- Calcium Ammonium Nitrate 11%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 9%