Tur (Arhar)
Sow in July, harvest around January
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 4,011 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹8,000–₹12,000
per acre a season, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹8,000–₹11,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 8 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
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 650 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 300 mm it can use in a normal year, and 190 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):
- Jul 35 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 35 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 35 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 33 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 23 °C
- Dec 31 °C / 21 °C
- Jan 32 °C / 21 °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 phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 1.6 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 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 lose about ₹4,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,450 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
Prices are usually best in January.
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 4.3 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.
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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 iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
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 50%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 23%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 23%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 9%