Tur (Arhar)
Sow in June, harvest around December
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 197 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.
₹13,000–₹20,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹6,000 to a profit of ₹423 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 810 mm it can use in a normal year, and 710 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 39 °C / 28 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 16 °C
- Dec 28 °C / 14 °C
Soil
Soil for Tur (Arhar): 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.5 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 ₹6,500 a quintal across India's mandis.
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 ₹5,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,450 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,740 2021
- ₹5,750 2022
- ₹8,120 2023
- ₹9,380 2024
- ₹6,260 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 3.4 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.