Fodder Production and Grassland Management

Why harvesting time is important?

HARVESTING TIME

Right harvesting time for important cereals:

• From the following table, we understand that flowering stage is the optimum time of harvest in which animals will get the maximum nutrients.

Composition and IVDMD % at pre-flowering, flowering and post flowering

Treatments	DM	CP	SILICA	IVDMD%
Legumes
Pre - flowering	14.7	23.4	0.8	73.1
Flowering	18.3	18.9	1.3	66.4
Post flowering	28.1	15.7	1.5	63.6
Non-legumes
Pre - flowering	15.5	10.5	1.7	70.1
Flowering	24.2	7.9	2.3	63.6
Post flowering	34.4	6.1	2.9	57.4