LPM 121: Fodder Production and Grassland Management (1+1)

HARVEST

Proper stage of harvest of grass fodders:

• Hybrid Napier: 6-7 weeks (40 to 45 days advocated to have less oxalate toxicity)
• Guinea Grass: At 6 weeks intervals
• Para grass: 4 to 6 weeks intervals
• Deenanath: At Mid flowering
• Blue panic grass: Every two months
• Rhodes grass: At flowering
• Cenchrus: At 50% flowering