Growing Mustard in Haryana

Updated 2026-07-13 · Region guide

Haryana sits in the Trans-Gangetic Plains with semi-arid, hot summers, cold winters and alluvial loam. Green-revolution wheat–paddy belt with assured irrigation, like Punjab. Here's how mustard — a Rabi crop — fits, and how to grow it well here.

Is Haryana good for growing mustard?

When to sow mustard in Haryana

Sow in mid-Oct and harvest around Feb–Mar. The crop takes about 110–140 days. In Haryana's semi-arid, hot summers, cold winters, the window matters more than anything else you do: ~550 mm rainfall and canal + tubewell mean a late Rabi sowing runs mustard into the wrong weather at its most sensitive stage.

Where mustard actually grows in Haryana

South-west Haryana — Bhiwani, Mahendragarh, Charkhi Dadri, Rewari, Narnaul, Hisar, Sirsa and Jhajjar — on light soils where the tubewell water is brackish.

Where it is sold: Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Hisar, Rewari, Sirsa and Narnaul. HAFED procures mustard at MSP here, but registration on the 'Meri Fasal Mera Byora' portal is mandatory before you can sell at a procurement centre. That one administrative step is the entire difference between the MSP and whatever a trader offers you.

The local risk to plan for: The water is the story. South-west Haryana's tubewell water is saline and alkaline, which is precisely WHY mustard is grown here — it takes salt better than wheat does. But salinity still caps your yield, and on the worst plots a standard variety simply will not perform no matter what you spend on it.

Best mustard varieties for Haryana

Grown in Haryana:

• RH-749 and RH-725 — CCS HAU Hisar, bred for this belt
• RH-30 — the old standard
• CS-58 and CS-60 — ICAR-CSSRI Karnal's salt-tolerant varieties, for saline/alkali plots where normal varieties fail
• Giriraj

Confirm the variety is notified for Haryana — on alluvial loam under canal + tubewell, a variety bred for a different zone will underperform whatever the seed packet claims. Your Haryana KVK or agriculture officer holds the current shortlist.

Typical yield & price

Typical yield here is around 7–10 quintal/acre. The government MSP is ₹5,650/quintal; local mandi rates vary, so check YieldAI for today's live Haryana price.

Common problems in Haryana

The pests and diseases to scout for:

• mustard aphid from first flowering
• white rust
• Alternaria blight
• Orobanche (broomrape) in the drier south-west

semi-arid conditions shape which of these bite hardest each season — scout early and act while a problem is small. YieldAI can identify a pest or disease from a photo of your crop.

Key practices

• Register on Meri Fasal Mera Byora before the window closes — without it you cannot sell at MSP, full stop
• If your tubewell water is brackish, ask your KVK about the CSSRI salt-tolerant CS-series rather than fighting a standard variety
• One irrigation at flowering and one at siliqua-fill is the standard package here — use the brackish water sparingly and at the right stage
• Scout for aphid from first flowering; it builds fast in this belt's dry winter