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Posted by PAU, Ludhiana
Punjab
2020-08-07 12:44:39

Fodder Production Advisory from PAU

Sow leguminous and non-leguminous crops in mixture to improve the nutritive value of the fodder i.e. maize + cowpea, sorghum + guara. Apply 30 kg N (66 kg urea)/ acre to the multicut fodder (napier bajra hybrid and Guinea grass) after every cutting. For controlling itsit/chaupatti in maize, sorghum, bajra, spray Atrataf 50 WP (atrazine) preemergence @ 800 g, 400 g and 200 g per acre, respectively, before 15th August. Late application will have residual toxicity effect on the succeeding crops like wheat, berseem etc. Harvest the fodder crops at optimum stage like maize at milk ripe stage, bajra at flagleaf stage, napier bajra or guinea grass at one metre height and sorghum at pre-flowering to flowering stage to obtain maximum nutrients for the milk production. Conserve surplus fodders like maize, sorghum, napier bajra, guinea grass as silage to be used in lean periods for cheap milk production.