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Your plan for Hanumangarh

Kharif Rain only

We checked 55 crops against your soil, rain and temperature, whether or not they're grown near you.

It's November: this season's sowing time is over for every crop that suits. Use this plan for the next sowing.

Your land

Soil

7

out of 10

Soil score

Okay

Short in most fields here: organic carbon.

Not in the score: nitrogen, potassium and boron.

For most crops. How the soil score works

Rain

About 229 mm in Kharif

June–September, in a normal year. A dry year brings about 165 mm.

Temperature

Days about 38 °C, nights 27 °C in Kharif

Typical of the district's villages; a farm much higher or lower can be a few degrees cooler or warmer.

What's short in your soil, and what to do (1 nutrient)

  • Organic carbon

    From 32,973 soil tests

    Poor

    Low 97% Medium 3%

    Almost every soil test here came out low

    If your field is low: add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

    What this means

    Shows how much organic matter the soil has. It keeps soil loose, holds water and feeds the crop slowly.

    Low under 0.5% Medium 0.5–0.75% High over 0.75%

    Healthy soil has 0.5% or more.

Fixes are the usual advice. Your Soil Health Card or nearest Krishi Vigyan Kendra gives the exact dose for your field.

Other soil results

  • Phosphorus

    From 32,970 soil tests

    Good

    Low 2% Medium 22% High 76%

    Most soil tests here came out high

    If your field is high: you can use about a quarter less DAP than usual.

    What this means

    Builds roots and helps the crop flower and fill grain.

    Low under 10 kg/ha Medium 10–25 kg/ha High over 25 kg/ha

    Healthy soil has 10 kg/ha or more.

  • pH

    From 32,983 soil tests

    Good

    Neutral 91% Alkaline 9%

    1 in 10 soil tests here came out alkaline

    What this means

    How sour (acidic) or alkaline the soil is. It decides which nutrients roots can take up.

    Acidic Neutral Alkaline

    In these tests, neutral means about pH 6 to 8, which suits most crops; acidic is below about 6 and alkaline above about 8.

  • Salt

    From 32,984 soil tests

    Good

    Not salty 91% Salty 9%

    1 in 10 soil tests here came out salty

    What this means

    Salt in the soil, shown as EC on the card. Salt makes it hard for roots to drink.

    Not salty Salty

    Under 1 dS/m is fine. Between 1 and 4, only crops that can't take salt lose yield. Above 4 harms most crops.

  • Sulphur

    From 32,912 soil tests

    Good

    Short 11% Enough 89%

    1 in 10 soil tests here came out short

    What this means

    Makes oil in oilseeds and protein in pulses.

    Short under 10 ppm Enough 10 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 10 ppm or more.

  • Zinc

    From 32,984 soil tests

    Okay

    Short 46% Enough 54%

    5 in 10 soil tests here came out short

    If your field is short: mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.

    What this means

    Needed for growth and healthy leaves. Rice and wheat often run short.

    Short under 0.6 ppm Enough 0.6 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 0.6 ppm or more.

  • Iron

    From 32,984 soil tests

    Good

    Short 19% Enough 81%

    2 in 10 soil tests here came out short

    What this means

    Keeps young leaves green.

    Short under 4.5 ppm Enough 4.5 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 4.5 ppm or more.

  • Copper

    From 32,982 soil tests

    Good

    Short 8% Enough 92%

    1 in 10 soil tests here came out short

    What this means

    Helps the crop set seed and resist disease.

    Short under 0.2 ppm Enough 0.2 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 0.2 ppm or more.

  • Manganese

    From 32,984 soil tests

    Good

    Short 8% Enough 92%

    1 in 10 soil tests here came out short

    What this means

    Helps leaves make food from sunlight.

    Short under 2 ppm Enough 2 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 2 ppm or more.

The tests here for potassium look like a testing error: almost every test reads the same, unlike the districts around. They aren't used.

Too few tests here to judge nitrogen (31 tests) and boron (14 tests), out of 32,984 soil samples.

Good fit 0

Water, temperature and soil type suit; amber shows what needs care, such as nutrients to add. Sorted by what is likely left per acre after costs; risky crops come lower.

Nothing fits well this season. Look at the crops below that are possible with effort, or try another season.

Possible, with effort 4

Each needs something extra: irrigation, soil care or a careful sowing time, or it likely loses money at typical costs. The card says what.

Sowing Growing Harvest

  1. Guar Seed (Cluster Bean)

    JJASONDJFMAM

    Sow in June, harvest around September

    This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

    Grown on 9.3 lakh acres here. Sold at 6 mandis in your district.

    ₹17,000–₹26,000

    per acre a season, before costs

    After typical costs: ₹11,000–₹20,000 an acre a season

    • Needs care: Risky: 8 irrigations short
    • Suits: Ideal temperatures
    • Suits: Soil 8/10
    Why, and how to make it work

    Water

    Rain falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

    Needs about 460 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 90 mm it can use in a normal year, and 50 mm in a dry year.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 25–35 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.

    Here, in its growing months (day / night):

    • Jun 41 °C / 28 °C
    • Jul 38 °C / 28 °C
    • Aug 37 °C / 27 °C
    • Sep 36 °C / 25 °C

    Soil

    Soil for Guar Seed (Cluster Bean): 8 out of 10 (good).

    Not in the score: nitrogen, potassium and boron.

    • The pH here suits it.
    • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

    Likes pH 7.5–8.0.

    How the soil score works

    Money

    Yield: about 3.1 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

    Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹6,963 a quintal at mandis in your district.

    Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
    1. ₹3,870 2021
    2. ₹5,370 2022
    3. ₹5,250 2023
    4. ₹4,900 2024
    5. ₹4,760 2025

    Prices are usually best in November.

    Typical costs are about ₹6,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

    How to make it work

    • 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.

    What local farmers put on it (share of fields):

    • Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 21%
    • Urea 17%
    • Calcium Ammonium Nitrate 3%
    • Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 2%

  2. Moth Bean

    JJASONDJFMAM

    Sow in June, harvest around August

    This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

    Grown on 99,924 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.

    ₹6,000–₹9,000

    per acre a season, before costs

    After typical costs: ₹2,000–₹6,000 an acre a season

    • Needs care: Risky: 6 irrigations short
    • Needs care: Warm in June
    • Suits: Soil 9/10
    Why, and how to make it work

    Water

    Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

    Needs about 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 80 mm it can use in a normal year, and 50 mm in a dry year.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 24–32 °C on average, and survives 13–45 °C.

    Here, in its growing months (day / night):

    • Jun 41 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jul 38 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
    • Aug 37 °C / 27 °C

    Months in orange are outside its best range.

    Soil

    Soil for Moth Bean: 9 out of 10 (good).

    Not in the score: nitrogen, potassium and boron.

    • The pH here suits it.
    • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

    Likes pH 6.5–8.2.

    How the soil score works

    Money

    Yield: about 0.9 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

    Mandi price at last season's harvest (August–September 2026): about ₹8,600 a quintal across India's mandis.

    Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
    1. ₹6,910 2021
    2. ₹6,570 2022
    3. ₹6,320 2023
    4. ₹5,950 2024
    5. ₹6,330 2025

    Prices are usually best in October.

    Typical costs are about ₹4,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

    How to make it work

    • 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.

    What local farmers put on it (share of fields):

    • Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) 11%
    • Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 10%
    • Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 8%
    • Urea 3%

  3. Moong (Green Gram)

    JJASONDJFMAM

    Sow in June, harvest around August

    This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

    Grown on 1.9 lakh acres here. Sold at 13 mandis in your district.

    ₹11,000–₹17,000

    per acre a season, before costs

    At typical costs, from a loss of ₹3,000 to a profit of ₹3,000 an acre a season

    • Needs care: Risky: 6 irrigations short
    • Suits: Ideal temperatures
    • Suits: Soil 8/10
    Why, and how to make it work

    Water

    Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

    Needs about 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 70 mm it can use in a normal year, and 40 mm in a dry year.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 21–36 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.

    Here, in its growing months (day / night):

    • Jun 41 °C / 28 °C
    • Jul 38 °C / 28 °C
    • Aug 37 °C / 27 °C

    Soil

    Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 8 out of 10 (good).

    Not in the score: nitrogen, potassium and boron.

    • The pH here suits it.
    • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

    Likes pH 6.2–7.5.

    How the soil score works

    Money

    Yield: about 2.0 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

    Mandi price at last season's harvest (August–September 2026): about ₹6,963 a quintal at mandis in your district.

    Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

    Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
    1. ₹5,880 2021
    2. ₹5,980 2022
    3. ₹7,220 2023
    4. ₹7,350 2024
    5. ₹6,000 2025

    Prices are usually best in October.

    Typical costs are about ₹14,000 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

    • 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.

    What local farmers put on it (share of fields):

    • Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 45%
    • Urea 39%
    • Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 3%

  4. Bajra (Pearl Millet)

    JJASONDJFMAM

    Sow in June, harvest around September

    This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

    Grown on 68,139 acres here. Sold at 16 mandis in your district.

    ₹8,000–₹13,000

    per acre a season, before costs

    At typical costs, from a loss of ₹3,000 to a profit of ₹1,000 an acre a season

    • Needs care: Risky: 6 irrigations short
    • Suits: Ideal temperatures
    • Suits: Soil 8/10
    Why, and how to make it work

    Water

    Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

    Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 80 mm it can use in a normal year, and 50 mm in a dry year.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 25–35 °C on average, and survives 12–40 °C.

    Here, in its growing months (day / night):

    • Jun 41 °C / 28 °C
    • Jul 38 °C / 28 °C
    • Aug 37 °C / 27 °C

    Soil

    Soil for Bajra (Pearl Millet): 8 out of 10 (good).

    Not in the score: nitrogen, potassium and boron.

    • The pH here suits it.
    • Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
    • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

    Likes pH 6.5–8.0.

    How the soil score works

    Money

    Yield: about 4.4 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

    Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹2,376 a quintal at mandis in your district.

    Minimum support price: ₹2,900 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

    Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
    1. ₹2,170 2023
    2. ₹2,350 2024
    3. ₹2,190 2025

    Prices are usually best in November.

    Typical costs are about ₹11,000 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

    • 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.

    What local farmers put on it (share of fields):

    • Urea 45%
    • Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 18%
    • Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 0%
51 crops won't work here See why for each one

10 more crops aren't judged yet because we don't have their growing needs.

Next steps

Source: Soil Health Card – soil nutrient analysis (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are; FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).