Fenugreek (Methi)
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 India.
₹54,000–₹82,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹17,000–₹44,000 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 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 10 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 13–27 °C on average, and survives 5–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 27 °C / 12 °C
- Dec 22 °C / 8 °C
- Jan 20 °C / 7 °C
- Feb 24 °C / 10 °C
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 worksMoney
Yield: about 13 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 (February–March 2026): about ₹5,254 a quintal across India's mandis.
- ₹5,800 2021
- ₹4,910 2022
- ₹5,790 2023
- ₹5,260 2024
- ₹4,560 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹37,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.