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Cereals :: Fodder Maize

Crop Production

1.
Preparatory cultivation
:
Form ridges and furrows 60cm apart and sown on both the sides of the ridges.
2.
Seed rate
:

40 Kg/ha

3.
Spacing
:

30 x 15 cm

4.

Manures and fertilizers

:

Basal
FYM 25t/ha ; 30:40:20 Kg NPK/ha

Top dressing
30Kg N/ha after 30 days after sowing

5.

Weed Management

:

First weeding at 25th DAS. Further weeding based on necessity.

6.

Water Management

:

Immediately after planting; life irrigation on 3rd day and thereafter once in 10 days.

7.

Harvest

:

when the cob is in the milky stage.

8.

Green fodder yield

:

60t/ha



                              

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Updated on Apr 2023