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Your plan for Baran

Whole year Rain only

We checked 51 crops against your soil, rain and temperature, whether or not they're grown near you.

Your land

Soil

8

out of 10

Soil score

Good

Not in the score: nitrogen, sulphur and boron.

For most crops. How the soil score works

Rain

About 839 mm in Whole year

January–December, in a normal year. A dry year brings about 682 mm.

Temperature

Days about 34 °C, nights 20 °C in Whole year

Typical of the district's villages; a farm much higher or lower can be a few degrees cooler or warmer.

Your soil test results
All soil results

  • Phosphorus

    From 12,840 soil tests

    Good

    Low 1% Medium 16% High 83%

    Most soil tests here came out high

    If your field is high: you can use about a quarter less DAP than usual.

    What this means

    Builds roots and helps the crop flower and fill grain.

    Low under 10 kg/ha Medium 10–25 kg/ha High over 25 kg/ha

    Healthy soil has 10 kg/ha or more.

  • Potassium

    From 12,837 soil tests

    Good

    Low 3% Medium 49% High 48%

    Almost every soil test here had enough

    What this means

    Fills grain and fruit, and helps crops stand drought and disease.

    Low under 110 kg/ha Medium 110–280 kg/ha High over 280 kg/ha

    Healthy soil has 110 kg/ha or more.

  • Organic carbon

    From 12,803 soil tests

    Okay

    Low 45% Medium 42% High 13%

    5 in 10 soil tests here came out low

    If your field is low: add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.

    What this means

    Shows how much organic matter the soil has. It keeps soil loose, holds water and feeds the crop slowly.

    Low under 0.5% Medium 0.5–0.75% High over 0.75%

    Healthy soil has 0.5% or more.

  • pH

    From 12,818 soil tests

    Good

    Neutral 100%

    Almost every soil test here came out neutral

    What this means

    How sour (acidic) or alkaline the soil is. It decides which nutrients roots can take up.

    Acidic Neutral Alkaline

    In these tests, neutral means about pH 6 to 8, which suits most crops; acidic is below about 6 and alkaline above about 8.

  • Salt

    From 12,830 soil tests

    Good

    Not salty 96% Salty 4%

    Almost no soil tests here came out salty

    What this means

    Salt in the soil, shown as EC on the card. Salt makes it hard for roots to drink.

    Not salty Salty

    Under 1 dS/m is fine. Between 1 and 4, only crops that can't take salt lose yield. Above 4 harms most crops.

  • Zinc

    From 12,848 soil tests

    Okay

    Short 45% Enough 55%

    5 in 10 soil tests here came out short

    If your field is short: mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.

    What this means

    Needed for growth and healthy leaves. Rice and wheat often run short.

    Short under 0.6 ppm Enough 0.6 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 0.6 ppm or more.

  • Iron

    From 12,861 soil tests

    Okay

    Short 40% Enough 60%

    4 in 10 soil tests here came out short

    If your field is short: spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.

    What this means

    Keeps young leaves green.

    Short under 4.5 ppm Enough 4.5 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 4.5 ppm or more.

  • Copper

    From 12,849 soil tests

    Good

    Short 2% Enough 98%

    Almost every soil test here had enough

    What this means

    Helps the crop set seed and resist disease.

    Short under 0.2 ppm Enough 0.2 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 0.2 ppm or more.

  • Manganese

    From 12,863 soil tests

    Good

    Short 5% Enough 95%

    Almost every soil test here had enough

    What this means

    Helps leaves make food from sunlight.

    Short under 2 ppm Enough 2 ppm or more

    Healthy soil has 2 ppm or more.

Too few tests here to judge nitrogen (38 tests), sulphur (11 tests) and boron (8 tests), out of 12,863 soil samples.

Fixes are the usual advice. Your Soil Health Card or nearest Krishi Vigyan Kendra gives the exact dose for your field.

Good fit 0

Water, temperature and soil type suit; amber shows what needs care, such as nutrients to add. Sorted by what is likely left per acre after costs; risky crops come lower.

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

Possible, with effort 2

Each needs something extra: irrigation, soil care or a careful sowing time, or it likely loses money at typical costs. The card says what.

Sowing Growing Harvest

  1. Pineapple

    Holds the land all year

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

    ₹49,000–₹73,000

    per acre a year, before costs

    once bearing, from about year 2

    Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹71,000–₹95,000 an acre a year

    • Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
    • Needs care: Very hot in May
    • Suits: Soil 9/10
    Why, and how to make it work

    Water

    Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

    Needs about 650 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 520 mm it can use in a normal year, and 470 mm in a dry year.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 21–30 °C on average, and survives 10–36 °C.

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

    • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jul 33 °C / 25 °C
    • Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
    • Sep 33 °C / 24 °C
    • Oct 35 °C / 20 °C
    • Nov 31 °C / 14 °C
    • Dec 27 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jan 25 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
    • Feb 29 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
    • Mar 35 °C / 18 °C
    • Apr 40 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
    • May 43 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)

    Months in orange are outside its best range.

    Days in May get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.

    Soil

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

    Not in the score: nitrogen, sulphur and boron.

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

    Likes pH 4.5–6.5.

    How the soil score works

    Money

    Yield: about 15 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

    A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

    On rain alone it gets about 79% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 79% of this yield.

    Mandi price at last season's harvest (July–September 2026): about ₹5,000 a quintal across mandis in your state.

    Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
    1. ₹3,300 2021
    2. ₹3,200 2022
    3. ₹3,400 2023
    4. ₹4,480 2024
    5. ₹3,780 2025

    Prices are usually best in June.

    Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

  2. Dragon Fruit

    Holds the land all year

    No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.

    No price yet to estimate income

    • Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
    • Needs care: Very hot in June
    • Suits: Soil 9/10
    Why, and how to make it work

    Water

    Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

    Needs about 650 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 520 mm it can use in a normal year, and 470 mm in a dry year.

    Temperature

    Grows best at 18–28 °C on average, and survives 12–34 °C.

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

    • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jul 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
    • Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
    • Sep 33 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
    • Oct 35 °C / 20 °C
    • Nov 31 °C / 14 °C
    • Dec 27 °C / 11 °C
    • Jan 25 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
    • Feb 29 °C / 13 °C
    • Mar 35 °C / 18 °C
    • Apr 40 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
    • May 43 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
    • Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)

    Months in orange are outside its best range.

    Days in June get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.

    Soil

    Soil for Dragon Fruit: 9 out of 10 (good).

    Not in the score: nitrogen, sulphur and boron.

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

    Likes pH 5.3–6.7.

    How the soil score works

    Money

    Yield: about 23 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

    A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

    On rain alone it gets about 79% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 79% of this yield.

    No mandi or support price for this crop yet.

49 crops won't work here See why for each one

4 more crops aren't judged yet because we don't have their growing needs.

Next steps

Source: Soil Health Card – soil nutrient analysis (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are; FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).