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Your plan for Hoshiarpur

Whole year Rain only

We checked 51 crops against your soil, rain and temperature, whether or not they're grown near you.

Your land

Soil

Soil score

No soil score here: the soil tests don't say enough about nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.

How the soil score works

Rain

About 963 mm in Whole year

January–December, in a normal year. A dry year brings about 834 mm.

Temperature

Days about 30 °C, nights 18 °C in Whole year

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

Your soil test results
All soil results

  • Organic carbon

    From 1,579 soil tests

    Okay

    Low 44% Medium 32% High 24%

    4 in 10 soil tests 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.

  • pH

    From 1,581 soil tests

    Good

    Neutral 98% Alkaline 1%

    Almost every soil test here came out neutral

    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 1,580 soil tests

    Good

    Not salty 100%

    Almost no 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.

Not tested here: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur, zinc, iron, copper, manganese and boron.

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

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 3

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. Pineapple

    Holds the land all year

    No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.

    ₹2.9 lakh–₹4.4 lakh

    per acre a year, before costs

    once bearing, from about year 2

    After typical costs: ₹1.5 lakh–₹2.9 lakh an acre a year

    • Suits: Rain is enough
    • Needs care: Frost risk in January
    • Not known: No soil score
    Why, and how to make it work

    Water

    Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

    Needs about 580 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 570 mm it can use in a normal year, and 490 mm in a dry year.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 21–30 °C on average, and survives 10–36 °C.

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

    • Jun 39 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jul 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
    • Aug 33 °C / 25 °C
    • Sep 33 °C / 24 °C
    • Oct 31 °C / 18 °C
    • Nov 26 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
    • Dec 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jan 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
    • Feb 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
    • Mar 28 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
    • Apr 34 °C / 19 °C
    • May 39 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jun 39 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)

    Months in orange are outside its best range.

    Nights in January can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

    Soil

    No soil score here: the soil tests don't say enough about nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.

    Likes pH 4.5–6.5.

    Money

    Yield: about 66 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

    A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

    Mandi price at last season's harvest (July–September 2026): about ₹5,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.

    Prices are usually best in April.

    Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

  2. Dragon Fruit

    Holds the land all year

    No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.

    No price yet to estimate income

    • Suits: Rain is enough
    • Needs care: Frost risk in January
    • Not known: No soil score
    Why, and how to make it work

    Water

    Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

    Needs about 580 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 570 mm it can use in a normal year, and 490 mm in a dry year.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 18–28 °C on average, and survives 12–34 °C.

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

    • Jun 39 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jul 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
    • Aug 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
    • Sep 33 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
    • Oct 31 °C / 18 °C
    • Nov 26 °C / 11 °C
    • Dec 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jan 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
    • Feb 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
    • Mar 28 °C / 14 °C
    • Apr 34 °C / 19 °C
    • May 39 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jun 39 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)

    Months in orange are outside its best range.

    Nights in January can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

    Days in June get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.

    Soil

    No soil score here: the soil tests don't say enough about nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.

    Likes pH 5.3–6.7.

    Money

    Yield: about 23 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

    A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

    No mandi or support price for this crop yet.

  3. Tapioca (Cassava)

    Holds the land all year

    No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.

    Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on

    • Needs care: Risky: 7 irrigations short
    • Needs care: Frost risk in January
    • Not known: No soil score
    Why, and how to make it work

    Water

    Rain falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

    Needs about 880 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 570 mm it can use in a normal year, and 490 mm in a dry year.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 20–29 °C on average, and survives 10–35 °C.

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

    • Jun 39 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jul 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
    • Aug 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
    • Sep 33 °C / 24 °C
    • Oct 31 °C / 18 °C
    • Nov 26 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
    • Dec 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jan 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
    • Feb 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
    • Mar 28 °C / 14 °C
    • Apr 34 °C / 19 °C
    • May 39 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jun 39 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)

    Months in orange are outside its best range.

    Nights in January can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

    Soil

    No soil score here: the soil tests don't say enough about nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.

    Likes pH 5.5–8.0.

    Money

    Yield: about 83 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

    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 through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹3,000 a quintal across India's mandis.

    This week: about ₹3,500 a quintal, the middle of 70 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

    Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
    1. ₹1,680 2021
    2. ₹3,000 2022
    3. ₹3,100 2023
    4. ₹3,000 2024
    5. ₹3,000 2025

    Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

    Prices are usually best in September.

    Typical costs are about ₹2.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

48 crops won't work here See why for each one

4 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).