Your plan for Jhabua

Water

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

Needs about 190 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 180 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):

• Oct 34 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 33 °C / 15 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

Not in the score: salt.

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

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

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹775 a quintal across mandis in your state.

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.

Water

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

Needs about 230 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 180 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

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

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

• Oct 34 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 33 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 31 °C / 12 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: salt.

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

Likes pH 6.2–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 2.7 quintals an acre here in its other seasons (district figures).

On rain alone it gets about 78% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 78% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹6,032 a quintal across mandis in your state.

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

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.

Water

Rain falls about 4 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 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 160 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 / 15 °C
• Dec 31 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 28 °C / 11 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: salt.

• 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 5.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 12 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹1,580 a quintal at mandis in your district.

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

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.

Water

Rain falls about 4 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 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 160 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 / 15 °C
• Dec 31 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 28 °C / 11 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: salt.

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

Likes pH 6.0–8.5.

Money

Yield: about 5.2 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

On rain alone it gets about 49% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 49% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹5,243 a quintal at mandis in your district.

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

Prices are usually best in October.

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.

Water

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

Needs about 480 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 160 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 / 15 °C
• Dec 31 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 28 °C / 11 °C
• Feb 32 °C / 14 °C
• Mar 36 °C / 18 °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).

Not in the score: salt.

• 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.

Money

Yield: about 12 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 ₹2,275 a quintal at mandis in your district.

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

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.

Water

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

Needs about 380 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 160 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–28 °C on average, and survives 7–40 °C.

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

• Oct 34 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 33 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 31 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 28 °C / 11 °C
• Feb 32 °C / 14 °C

Soil

Soil for Rapeseed & Mustard: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: salt.

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

Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 4.7 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 (February–March 2026): about ₹5,861 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Minimum support price: ₹6,613 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹20,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 390 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 160 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):

• Oct 34 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 33 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 31 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 28 °C / 11 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Peas & Beans (Dry): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: salt.

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

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 3.0 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 (February–March 2026): about ₹4,209 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹15,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 390 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 160 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 7–30 °C.

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

• Oct 34 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 33 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 31 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 28 °C / 11 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Potato: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: salt.

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

Likes pH 5.0–6.2.

Money

Yield: about 91 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

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 2026): about ₹714 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹56,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 5 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 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 160 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 4–32 °C.

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

• Oct 34 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 33 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 31 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 28 °C / 11 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Coriander: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: salt.

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 5.4 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

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 ₹8,351 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹18,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 380 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 160 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–29 °C on average, and survives 5–32 °C.

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

• Oct 34 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 33 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 31 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 28 °C / 11 °C

Soil

Soil for Lentil (Masoor): 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: salt.

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

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 4.5 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

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 ₹5,732 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Minimum support price: ₹7,390 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in July.

Typical costs are about ₹16,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 390 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 160 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 16–24 °C on average, and survives 5–30 °C.

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

• Oct 34 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 33 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 31 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 28 °C / 11 °C
• Feb 32 °C / 14 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Linseed: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: salt.

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

Likes pH 6.0–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 2.6 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

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 ₹7,187 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹8,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.