When to sow Soybean in Bihar

A monsoon crop in Bihar: sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Sep–Oct. Bihar is number 9 of the 20 states that grow it.

Season here
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Bihar
2.9 quintals an acre
India: 4.3 quintals an acre
Support price (MSP)
₹5,708 a quintal
2026-27
Grown here on
46,068 acres
under 1% of India's soybean

When to sow and harvest in Bihar

Kharif 100% of its area here
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J J A S O N D J F M A M
Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Before you sow

Sown it? Follow it week by week

Each watering, each dose of urea for your acres, and the pest to look for now.

Will it grow on your land?

Check it against your village's soil, rain and water.

How to grow soybean

Fertiliser for one acre, pests, and what an acre can earn.

Where in Bihar it grows most

  1. 1 Begusarai 2.8 quintals an acre 93% 42,992 acres
  2. 2 Khagaria 2.5 quintals an acre 4% 2,030 acres
  3. 3 Samastipur 5.4 quintals an acre 2% 923 acres

Soybean in other states

Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan Karnataka Gujarat Telangana Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Nagaland Andhra Pradesh Uttarakhand Arunachal Pradesh

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2020-21 to 2024-25.