Expert Advisory Details

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Posted by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Punjab
2019-02-27 10:22:20

Expert advice on Fooder production in march month

The information about Fodder production is given bwelow

  • Sow early summer and multicut fodder crops such as maize, bajra and sorghum during this month to meet the fodder scarcity during summer lean period. 
  • This is also an ideal time to sow Guinea Grass and Napier Bajra. 
  • Conserve surplus barseem as hay and oats as silage for cheap milk production during lean period. 
  • Remove Kashni weed plants from barseem seed crop.
  • Be watchful about the attack of gram caterpillar on barseem seed crop. 
  • The pest should be properly controlled on crops like wheat, sathi moong, sathi mash & sunflower growing in the vicinity of berseem in order to check its migration to berseem fields.