Your plan for Kachchh

Water

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

Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 280 mm it can use in a normal year, and 90 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–32 °C on average, and survives 6–38 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C

Soil

Soil for Cucumber: 7 out of 10 (okay).

• 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.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 59 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 (August–September 2026): about ₹2,250 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in July.

Typical costs are about ₹64,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 270 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 280 mm it can use in a normal year, and 90 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 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C

Soil

Soil for Moth Bean: 8 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.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 6.5–8.2.

Money

Yield: about 1.7 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.

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.

Water

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

Needs about 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 330 mm it can use in a normal year, and 150 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 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C

Soil

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

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 7.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 2.4 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹6,597 a quintal at mandis in your district.

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.

Water

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

Needs about 320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 310 mm it can use in a normal year, and 120 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

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

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C

Soil

Soil for Cowpea (Lobia): 8 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.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

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

Mandi price at last season's harvest (October 2026): about ₹7,905 a quintal across mandis in your state.

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

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹9,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 320 mm it can use in a normal year, and 130 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 17–34 °C on average, and survives 5–45 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C

Soil

Soil for Sunflower: 7 out of 10 (okay).

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 4.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹7,446 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹8,343 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in August.

Typical costs are about ₹23,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 290 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 290 mm it can use in a normal year, and 90 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–35 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C

Soil

Soil for Urad (Black Gram): 8 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.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 2.3 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹8,465 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Minimum support price: ₹8,200 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 is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 330 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 310 mm it can use in a normal year, and 120 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Sesame (Til): 8 out of 10 (good).

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

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 1.5 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹12,827 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Minimum support price: ₹10,346 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹15,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 300 mm it can use in a normal year, and 110 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 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C

Soil

Soil for Bajra (Pearl Millet): 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 6.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 4.5 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (October 2026): about ₹2,600 a quintal at mandis in your district.

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

Prices are usually best in October.

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.

Water

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

Needs about 410 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 330 mm it can use in a normal year, and 150 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 12–35 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Okra (Bhindi): 7 out of 10 (okay).

• 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.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 50 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

On rain alone it gets about 80% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 80% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹2,500 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹61,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 180 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 170 mm it can use in a normal year, and 60 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

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

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

• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Radish: 7 out of 10 (okay).

• 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 boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 66 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 (September–October 2026): about ₹1,375 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in May.

Typical costs are about ₹64,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 9 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 600 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 200 mm it can use in a normal year, and 120 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 15–39 °C.

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

• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 36 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 34 °C / 18 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 13 °C

Soil

Soil for Castor Seed: 8 out of 10 (good).

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 7.6 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹6,370 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹24,000 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 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 680 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 180 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–36 °C on average, and survives 15–42 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 36 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 34 °C / 18 °C

Soil

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

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 6.4 quintals of kapas (raw cotton) an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹7,540 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Minimum support price: ₹8,267 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

That is the price for medium staple kapas (raw cotton). Long staple kapas has ₹8,667 a quintal.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹28,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 390 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 170 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–35 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C

Soil

Soil for Jowar (Sorghum): 7 out of 10 (okay).

• 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 5.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 5.1 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

On rain alone it gets about 89% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 89% of this yield.

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹6,814 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Minimum support price: ₹4,023 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹12,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 2 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 gives about 330 mm it can use in a normal year, and 150 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–33 °C on average, and survives 10–38 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C

Soil

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

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 6.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

On rain alone it gets about 84% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 84% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹6,055 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Minimum support price: ₹5,708 a quintal (2026-27), 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 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 170 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–32 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C

Soil

Soil for Groundnut: 8 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.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 6.9 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹7,983 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Minimum support price: ₹7,517 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹40,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 170 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Pumpkin: 7 out of 10 (okay).

• 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.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 74 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

On rain alone it gets about 83% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 83% of this yield.

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹1,250 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in January.

Typical costs are about ₹62,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 640 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 180 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–38 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 36 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 34 °C / 18 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 13 °C

Soil

Soil for Tur (Arhar): 8 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.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 4.7 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹6,101 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Minimum support price: ₹8,450 a quintal (2026-27), 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 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 170 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 19–27 °C on average, and survives 12–38 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Bottle Gourd: 7 out of 10 (okay).

• 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.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 64 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

On rain alone it gets about 83% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 83% of this yield.

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹1,100 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in July.

Typical costs are about ₹52,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.