Your plan for Faridabad

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

1. Moth Bean

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in July, harvest around September

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   Grown on 138 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.

   ₹11,000–₹17,000

   per acre a season, before costs

   After typical costs: ₹7,000–₹13,000 an acre a season

   • Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Suits: Soil 9/10

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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 covers 76% of its need dry year

   Needs about 290 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 220 mm it can use in a normal year, and 180 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):

   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Moth Bean: 9 out of 10 (good).

   Not in the score: nitrogen, copper and boron.

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

   Likes pH 6.5–8.2.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 1.9 quintals an acre here (district figures).

   On rain alone it gets about 76% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 76% of this yield.

   Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹9,525 a quintal across India's mandis.

   1. ₹6,910 2021
   2. ₹6,570 2022
   3. ₹6,320 2023
   4. ₹5,950 2024
   5. ₹6,330 2025

   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.

   How to make it work

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

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

2. Cucumber

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in July, harvest around September

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 4 mandis in your district.

   ₹72,000–₹1.1 lakh

   per acre a season, before costs

   At typical costs, from a loss of ₹8,000 to a profit of ₹28,000 an acre a season

   • 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 covers 70% of its need dry year

   Needs about 310 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 220 mm it can use in a normal year, and 180 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):

   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C

   Soil

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

   Not in the score: nitrogen, copper and boron.

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

   Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 73 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

   On rain alone it gets about 70% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 70% of this yield.

   Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹1,750 a quintal at mandis in your district.

   1. ₹1,100 2021
   2. ₹1,300 2022
   3. ₹1,330 2023
   4. ₹1,500 2024
   5. ₹1,480 2025

   Prices are usually best in January.

   Typical costs are about ₹80,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

   How to make it work

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

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

3. Bajra (Pearl Millet)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in July, harvest around October

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   Grown on 10,099 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.

   ₹12,000–₹18,000

   per acre a season, before costs

   After typical costs: ₹450–₹6,000 an acre a season

   • 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 covers 77% of its need dry year

   Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 230 mm it can use in a normal year, and 180 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):

   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Bajra (Pearl Millet): 8 out of 10 (good).

   Not in the score: nitrogen, copper and boron.

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

   Likes pH 6.5–8.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 8.2 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

   On rain alone it gets about 77% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 77% of this yield.

   Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,326 a quintal across mandis in your state.

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

   1. ₹2,050 2023
   2. ₹2,250 2024
   3. ₹2,290 2025

   Prices are usually best in November.

   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.

   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 organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

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

4. Moong (Green Gram)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in July, harvest around September

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   Grown on 213 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.

   ₹10,000–₹16,000

   per acre a season, before costs

   At typical costs, from a loss of ₹4,000 to a profit of ₹2,000 an acre a season

   • 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 covers 75% of its need dry year

   Needs about 270 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 200 mm it can use in a normal year, and 160 mm in a dry year.

   Temperature

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

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

   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 8 out of 10 (good).

   Not in the score: nitrogen, copper and boron.

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Many fields here are short of phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

   Likes pH 6.2–7.5.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 2.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

   On rain alone it gets about 75% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 75% of this yield.

   Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹7,665 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.

   How to make it work

   The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 3.0 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

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

5. Urad (Black Gram)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in July, harvest around October

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

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

   ₹9,000–₹14,000

   per acre a season, before costs

   Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹534–₹5,000 an acre a season

   • 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 covers 75% of its need dry year

   Needs about 310 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 230 mm it can use in a normal year, and 180 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):

   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Urad (Black Gram): 8 out of 10 (good).

   Not in the score: nitrogen, copper and boron.

   • Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
   • Many fields here are short of phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

   Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 1.9 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

   On rain alone it gets about 75% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 75% of this yield.

   Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹8,113 a quintal across India's mandis.

   Minimum support price: ₹8,200 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

   1. ₹5,930 2021
   2. ₹5,700 2022
   3. ₹7,310 2023
   4. ₹8,230 2024
   5. ₹6,290 2025

   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

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

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

6. Ragi (Finger Millet)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in June, harvest around October

   This season's sowing time (June–August) is over.

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

   ₹13,000–₹19,000

   per acre a season, before costs

   Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹2,000–₹8,000 an acre a season

   • Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
   • Needs care: Warm in June
   • Suits: Soil 8/10

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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 covers 75% of its need dry year

   Needs about 410 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 300 mm it can use in a normal year, and 230 mm in a dry year.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 18–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.

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

   • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
   • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C

   Months in orange are outside its best range.

   Soil

   Soil for Ragi (Finger Millet): 8 out of 10 (good).

   Not in the score: nitrogen, copper and boron.

   • Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

   Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 6.1 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

   On rain alone it gets about 75% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 75% of this yield.

   Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,501 a quintal across India's mandis.

   Minimum support price: ₹5,205 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

   1. ₹2,260 2021
   2. ₹2,280 2022
   3. ₹2,800 2023
   4. ₹3,300 2024
   5. ₹3,530 2025

   Prices are usually best in January.

   Typical costs are about ₹21,000 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

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

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

7. Cotton

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in May, harvest around November

   This season's sowing time (April–May) is over.

   Grown on 33,626 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.

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

   • Needs care: Risky: 9 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Suits: Soil 8/10

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   Water

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

   Rain covers 43% of its need dry year

   Needs about 780 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 330 mm it can use in a normal year, and 250 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):

   • May 41 °C / 26 °C
   • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C
   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
   • Oct 34 °C / 19 °C

   Soil

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

   Not in the score: nitrogen, copper and boron.

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

   Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 3.7 quintals of kapas (raw cotton) 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 (December 2025): about ₹6,938 a quintal across mandis in your state.

   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.

   1. ₹8,400 2022
   2. ₹7,070 2023
   3. ₹6,670 2024
   4. ₹7,160 2025

   Prices are usually best in November.

   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.

   How to make it work

   The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 6.0 quintals of kapas (raw cotton) an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

     Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.

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

   • Urea 100%

8. Jowar (Sorghum)

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in June, harvest around October

   This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

   Grown on 2,655 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.

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

   • Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
   • Suits: Ideal temperatures
   • Suits: Soil 8/10

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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 covers 70% of its need dry year

   Needs about 440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 300 mm it can use in a normal year, and 230 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 40 °C / 28 °C
   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
   • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C

   Soil

   Soil for Jowar (Sorghum): 8 out of 10 (good).

   Not in the score: nitrogen, copper and boron.

   • The pH here suits it.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

   Likes pH 5.5–8.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 2.1 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 this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,701 a quintal across India's mandis.

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

   1. ₹1,820 2021
   2. ₹2,180 2022
   3. ₹3,330 2023
   4. ₹2,760 2024
   5. ₹2,590 2025

   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 ₹12,000 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 7.3 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

     Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.

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

   • Urea 44%
   • Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 12%

9. Onion

   JJASONDJFMAM

   Sow in July, harvest around November

   This season's sowing time (July–August) is over.

   Grown on 283 acres here. Sold at 4 mandis in your district.

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

   • Needs care: Risky: 7 irrigations short
   • Needs care: Warm in July
   • Suits: Soil 8/10

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   Water

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

   Rain covers 43% of its need dry year

   Needs about 540 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 230 mm it can use in a normal year, and 180 mm in a dry year.

   Temperature

   Grows best at 12–25 °C on average, and survives 4–33 °C.

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

   • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
   • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
   • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
   • Oct 34 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
   • Nov 29 °C / 13 °C

   Months in orange are outside its best range.

   Soil

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

   Not in the score: nitrogen, copper and boron.

   • Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
   • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

   Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

   How the soil score works

   Money

   Yield: about 80 quintals an acre here (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 (December 2025): about ₹1,100 a quintal at mandis in your district.

   1. ₹1,600 2021
   2. ₹1,200 2022
   3. ₹1,150 2023
   4. ₹2,100 2024
   5. ₹1,510 2025

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

   Prices are usually best in September.

   Typical costs are about ₹1.0 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

   How to make it work

   The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 76 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

   • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

     Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

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

10. Tur (Arhar)

    JJASONDJFMAM

    Sow in June, harvest around December

    This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.

    Grown on 162 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.

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

    • Needs care: Risky: 7 irrigations short
    • Suits: Ideal temperatures
    • Suits: Soil 8/10

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    Water

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

    Rain covers 47% of its need dry year

    Needs about 650 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 300 mm it can use in a normal year, and 230 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 40 °C / 28 °C
    • Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
    • Aug 34 °C / 26 °C
    • Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
    • Oct 34 °C / 19 °C
    • Nov 29 °C / 13 °C
    • Dec 23 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)

    Months in orange are outside its best range.

    Soil

    Soil for Tur (Arhar): 8 out of 10 (good).

    Not in the score: nitrogen, copper and boron.

    • The pH here suits it.
    • Many fields here are short of phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
    • Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

    Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

    How the soil score works

    Money

    Yield: about 4.6 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 (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹6,500 a quintal across India's mandis.

    Minimum support price: ₹8,450 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

    1. ₹5,740 2021
    2. ₹5,750 2022
    3. ₹8,120 2023
    4. ₹9,380 2024
    5. ₹6,260 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 5.4 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.

    • Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.

      Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

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