Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in October, harvest around December
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for this season in your district. Sold at 9 mandis in your district.
₹21,000–₹32,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹7,000–₹18,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 210 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 200 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 33 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 15 °C
- Dec 27 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Many fields here are short of phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.2–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 4.5 quintals an acre here in its other seasons (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹6,013 a quintal at mandis in your district.
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,580 2022
- ₹6,650 2023
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
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 2.9 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 48%