Your plan for Barwani

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

1. Gram (Chana)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in October, harvest around February

   Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.

   Grown on 50,435 acres here. Sold at 6 mandis in your district.

   ₹28,000–₹42,000

   per acre a season, before costs

   After typical costs: ₹9,000–₹23,000 an acre a season

   • Needs care: Risky: 5 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Suits: Soil 9/10

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   Water

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

   Rain and the soil's monsoon water cover 43% of its need dry year

   Needs about 350 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 15–29 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.

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

   • Oct 34 °C / 20 °C
   • Nov 33 °C / 16 °C
   • Dec 31 °C / 13 °C
   • Jan 30 °C / 12 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Gram (Chana): 9 out of 10 (good).

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Salt in the soil here can harm it.
   • Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.

   Likes pH 6.0–8.5.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 6.7 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

   Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹5,201 a quintal at mandis in your district.

   Minimum support price: ₹5,958 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

   1. ₹4,500 2021
   2. ₹4,240 2022
   3. ₹4,530 2023
   4. ₹5,500 2025

   Prices are usually best in December.

   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 6.8 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

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

   • Urea 91%
   • Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 23%
   • Muriate of Potash (MOP) 21%
   • Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 19%

2. Radish

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in November, harvest around January

   Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.

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

   ₹31,000–₹47,000

   per acre a season, before costs

   After typical costs: ₹4,000–₹19,000 an acre a season

   • Needs care: Risky: 1 irrigation short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Suits: Soil 8/10

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   Water

   Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

   Rain and the soil's monsoon water cover 88% of its need dry year

   Needs about 170 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 12–26 °C on average, and survives 10–37 °C.

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

   • Nov 33 °C / 16 °C
   • Dec 31 °C / 13 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Radish: 8 out of 10 (good).

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Salt in the soil here can harm it.
   • Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.

   Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 62 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

   On rain alone it gets about 88% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 88% of this yield.

   Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹716 a quintal across mandis in your state.

   1. ₹700 2021
   2. ₹700 2022
   3. ₹650 2023
   4. ₹800 2025

   Prices are usually best in January.

   Typical costs are about ₹28,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

   How to make it work

   • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

     Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

3. Maize

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in October, harvest around January

   Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.

   Grown on 92,931 acres here. Sold at 10 mandis in your district.

   ₹19,000–₹29,000

   per acre a season, before costs

   At typical costs, from a loss of ₹3,000 to a profit of ₹7,000 an acre a season

   • Needs care: Risky: 5 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Suits: Soil 8/10

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   Water

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

   Rain and the soil's monsoon water cover 42% of its need dry year

   Needs about 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 18–33 °C on average, and survives 10–47 °C.

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

   • Oct 34 °C / 20 °C
   • Nov 33 °C / 16 °C
   • Dec 31 °C / 13 °C
   • Jan 30 °C / 12 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Maize: 8 out of 10 (good).

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Salt in the soil here can harm it.
   • Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
   • Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.

   Likes pH 5.0–7.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 16 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

   Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹1,525 a quintal at mandis in your district.

   Minimum support price: ₹2,410 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

   1. ₹1,440 2021
   2. ₹1,950 2022
   3. ₹1,880 2023
   4. ₹1,990 2024
   5. ₹2,000 2025

   Prices are usually best in November.

   Typical costs are about ₹22,000 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 9.8 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

     Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

     About 95% of local fields of this crop get it.

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

   • Urea 95%
   • Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 15%
   • Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 7%
   • Muriate of Potash (MOP) 4%

4. Wheat

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in November, harvest around March

   Sowing time is now.

   Grown on 2.6 lakh acres here. Sold at 9 mandis in your district.

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

   • Needs care: Risky: 8 irrigations short
   • Needs care: Very hot in November
   • Suits: Soil 8/10

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   Water

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

   Rain and the soil's monsoon water cover 30% of its need dry year

   Needs about 510 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 5–27 °C.

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

   • Nov 33 °C / 16 °C
   • Dec 31 °C / 13 °C
   • Jan 30 °C / 12 °C
   • Feb 34 °C / 15 °C
   • Mar 37 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)

   Months in orange are outside its best range.

   Days in November get hotter than it likes. Time sowing so it flowers before then.

   Soil

   Soil for Wheat: 8 out of 10 (good).

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

   Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 15 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

   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 at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹2,250 a quintal at mandis in your district.

   Minimum support price: ₹2,610 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

   1. ₹1,900 2021
   2. ₹2,100 2022
   3. ₹2,280 2023
   4. ₹2,600 2024
   5. ₹2,600 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 13 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

     Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

     About 94% of local fields of this crop get it.

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

   • Urea 94%
   • Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 37%
   • Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 19%
   • Muriate of Potash (MOP) 9%

5. Beans (Vegetable)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in November, harvest around February

   Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.

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

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

   • Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Suits: Soil 9/10

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   Water

   Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

   Rain and the soil's monsoon water cover 53% of its need dry year

   Needs about 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.

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

   • Nov 33 °C / 16 °C
   • Dec 31 °C / 13 °C
   • Jan 30 °C / 12 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 9 out of 10 (good).

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Salt in the soil here can harm it.
   • Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.

   Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 40 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 at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹6,075 a quintal across mandis in your state.

   1. ₹3,400 2021
   2. ₹3,250 2022
   3. ₹2,450 2023

   Prices are usually best in October.

   Typical costs are about ₹84,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

6. Beetroot

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in November, harvest around January

   Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.

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

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

   • Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Suits: Soil 8/10

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   Water

   Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

   Rain and the soil's monsoon water cover 60% of its need dry year

   Needs about 250 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 4–35 °C.

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

   • Nov 33 °C / 16 °C
   • Dec 31 °C / 13 °C
   • Jan 30 °C / 12 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Beetroot: 8 out of 10 (good).

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.

   Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   No yield records for this crop yet.

   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 at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹2,100 a quintal across mandis in your state.

   1. ₹980 2022
   2. ₹1,180 2023
   3. ₹1,200 2025

   Prices are usually best in October.

   How to make it work

   • Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.

     Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.

     Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

7. Cowpea (Lobia)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in November, harvest around February

   Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.

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

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

   • Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
   • Needs care: Cool in November
   • Suits: Soil 9/10

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   Water

   Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

   Rain and the soil's monsoon water cover 51% of its need dry year

   Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 25–35 °C on average, and survives 15–40 °C.

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

   • Nov 33 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
   • Dec 31 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
   • Jan 30 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
   • Feb 34 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)

   Months in orange are outside its best range.

   Soil

   Soil for Cowpea (Lobia): 9 out of 10 (good).

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Salt in the soil here can harm it.
   • Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.

   Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 2.8 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

   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 at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹7,567 a quintal across mandis in your state.

   1. ₹4,300 2022
   2. ₹4,360 2023
   3. ₹7,000 2025

   Prices are usually best in October.

   Typical costs are about ₹10,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

8. Fenugreek (Methi)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in October, harvest around January

   Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.

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

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

   • Needs care: Risky: 4 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Suits: Soil 9/10

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   Water

   Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

   Rain and the soil's monsoon water cover 45% of its need dry year

   Needs about 330 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 13–27 °C on average, and survives 5–32 °C.

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

   • Oct 34 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
   • Nov 33 °C / 16 °C
   • Dec 31 °C / 13 °C
   • Jan 30 °C / 12 °C

   Months in orange are outside its best range.

   Soil

   Soil for Fenugreek (Methi): 9 out of 10 (good).

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.

   Likes pH 7.0–7.5.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 8.1 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 at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹4,651 a quintal across mandis in your state.

   1. ₹5,690 2021
   2. ₹4,500 2022
   3. ₹5,510 2023
   4. ₹4,920 2024
   5. ₹4,410 2025

   Prices are usually best in October.

   Typical costs are about ₹23,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

   How to make it work

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

   • Urea 100%

9. Green Peas

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in November, harvest around February

   Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.

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

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

   • Needs care: Risky: 5 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Suits: Soil 9/10

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   Water

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

   Rain and the soil's monsoon water cover 42% of its need dry year

   Needs about 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 10–24 °C on average, and survives 4–30 °C.

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

   • Nov 33 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
   • Dec 31 °C / 13 °C
   • Jan 30 °C / 12 °C
   • Feb 34 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)

   Months in orange are outside its best range.

   Soil

   Soil for Green Peas: 9 out of 10 (good).

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Salt in the soil here can harm it.
   • Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.

   Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 41 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 at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹1,650 a quintal at mandis in your district.

   Prices are usually best in February.

   Typical costs are about ₹57,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

10. Horse Gram (Kulthi)

    JJASONDJFMAM

    Sow in October, harvest around February

    Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.

    No recent figures for your district. Priced from mandis across your state.

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

    • Needs care: Risky: 5 irrigations short
    • Suits: Ideal temperatures
    • Suits: Soil 9/10

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    Water

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

    Rain and the soil's monsoon water cover 41% of its need dry year

    Needs about 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 20–28 °C on average, and survives 17–35 °C.

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

    • Oct 34 °C / 20 °C
    • Nov 33 °C / 16 °C
    • Dec 31 °C / 13 °C
    • Jan 30 °C / 12 °C

    Soil

    Soil for Horse Gram (Kulthi): 9 out of 10 (good).

    • The pH here suits it.
    • Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.

    Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

    How the soil score works

    Money

    Yield: about 1.0 quintals an acre here (older figures, 2018-19).

    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 at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹4,807 a quintal across mandis in your state.

    1. ₹4,540 2021
    2. ₹4,350 2022
    3. ₹4,750 2023

    Prices are usually best in August.

    Typical costs are about ₹6,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

    How to make it work

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

    • Urea 51%
    • Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 9%