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Area under Fodder

Fodder Crops

Permanent pastures and other grazing

landland

India 93.8 Lakh Ha 110.4 Lakh Ha

Tamil Nadu 1.7 Lakh Ha 1.1Lakh Ha

Kerala 2883 ha. 96 ha.

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• high dry matter content (15%-20%)

• free from all toxic principles.

• Protein 6-8 percent, with well balanced calcium and• Protein 6-8 percent, with well balanced calcium and

phosphorus.

• Good soil binder.

• Harvest can be done once in 30-40 days.

• Can be grazed, cut and fed used for hay silage

Making, Ideal for sewage forming.

NAPIER GRASS

Pennisetum purpureum(elephant grass)

�Native of Zimbabwe in South Africa

� It grows up to four meters with thick growth -� It grows up to four meters with thick growth -

� Introduced to India by about 1915 in Bombay.

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� good for hay making

� comes up well in sewage water.

CUMBU NAPIER HYBRID

(Bajra x Napier)-BN hybrid(Napier x Bajra)- NB hybrid

Cumbu Napier hybrid was the first hybrid, which wasproduced at Coimbatore, followed by Pusa GiantNapier at New Delhi. Later Further improved types inother states.other states.

Propagated by root slips or stem cutting are veryvigorous in their growth and highly adaptable.

High yielders, nutritious, palatable, succulent,juicy, Less fibrous fodder. Protein 8-10%.

Rich in protein

can be fed to animals in small quantity(5-10 kg/daydepending on body weight).

Rich in vitamins.

Easily digestible and highly palatable.

Combines well with other grasses in mixed orintercropping conditions so a balanced diet is made.

LUCERNE

Medicago sativa(kudirai masal)

• Its called as ‘queen of forage crops’.

• Can be grown for 2-3 yrs in the same field.

• Harvest can be taken once in 30 days.

• Rich in protien (20%).• Rich in protien (20%).

• 3-5 kg/day legume has to be cut and fed at the timeof flowering when it will have high protein.

• It is suitable for hay making.

• Rich in calcium, phosphorus and high carotene andvitamin.

• Lucerne meal used in cattle and poultry feed.

Cowpea CO(FC) 8

COW PEA

• Highly palatable

• High nutrition

• High in Protein Content (up to 10% CP)

• Good for hay making• Good for hay making

• Can be grown in dry lands mixed with sorghum,

cumbu or maize.

Cowpea CO(FC) 8

Seed Rate : 25 kg/ha

Spacing : 30 x 15 cm

Fertilizers : 25:40:20 kg NPK/ha Fertilizers : 25:40:20 kg NPK/ha

Harvest : Harvest 50 - 55 days after sowing

(50% flowering stage).

Green Fodder Yield : Irrigated : 20-30 t/ha

Rainfed : 10-15 t/ha

Fodder Cumbu CO 8

Fodder Cumbu CO 8

Seed Rate : 10 kg/ha

Spacing : 25 x 10 cm

Fertilizers : 50:20:12 N, P and K kg/ha

Harvest : 40 - 45 days after sowing

Green Fodder Yield : 25-30 t/ha

Multicut Fodder Sorghum CO(FS) 29

Multicut Fodder Sorghum CO(FS) 29

Seed Rate : 5 kg/ha

Spacing : 30 x 10 cm

Fertilizers : 90 : 40: 40 kg N, P and K / ha Fertilizers : 90 : 40: 40 kg N, P and K / ha

Harvest : Harvest at 50% flowering for fodder

Green Fodder Yield :160-170 t/ha/year in five harvests

Crude protein : 8.41%

Dry matter : 23.6%

Cumbu Napier Hybrid Grass CO(CN)4

Cumbu Napier Hybrid Grass CO(CN)4

Seed Rate : 40000 stem cuttings/ha

Spacing : 50 x 50 cm

Fertilizers : 150 : 50: 50 NPK kg/haFertilizers : 150 : 50: 50 NPK kg/ha

Harvest : First cut at 80 days after planting and

subsequent cuts at 45 days interval.

Green Fodder Yield : 382 t/ha/year

Crude protein : 10.65% (çdÉÞGàX)

Dry matter : 17.08% (¦æµ ¶ø ÉÆÞVj¢)

Special features

� Inter-specific hybridization between

Pennisetum glaucum and P.

purpureum Schumach (CO 8 x FD 461)

Latest varieties

Cumbu Napier Hybrid grass

CO (CN) 4 – 2008

� High green fodder yield 382 t/ha/yr

as against CO 3 (287 t/ha/yr)

� 32.9% increased green fodder yield

over the check variety CO 3

• Profuse tillering (30-40/clump) as against CO 3 (25-30)

• Ultra soft juicy stem with 3.4% Brix as against CO 3 (2.4%)

• Visible white powdery coating on stem as a

distinguishing feature; absent in CO 3

• Green, conspicuous prop roots encircling each node unlike CO 3,

ensuring quick regeneration

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harvest with gentle raking of the soil produces more tillers.

Guinea Grass CO(GG) 3

Guinea grass CO(GG)3

Seed Rate : 40000 Rooted slips/ha

Spacing : 50 x 50 cm

Fertilizers : 100 : 50: 40 NPK kg/haFertilizers : 100 : 50: 40 NPK kg/ha

Harvest : First cut at 75 days after

planting and subsequent cuts at

45 days interval

Green Fodder Yield: 424 t/ha/year

Special features

• It is a clonal selection from

Mumbasa, a collection from

Africa

Guinea Grass CO (GG) 3 –

2009

Africa

• High green fodder yield

(423.57 t/ha/yr)

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• Profuse tillering

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non lodging

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Light green and broader leaves (3.2 - 4.5 cm)

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