fodder crops
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Fodder Crops
• FODDER CROPS are crops that are cultivated primarily for animal feed. By extension, natural grasslands and pastures are included whether they are cultivated or not.
Fodder crops
Temporary Permanent
Temporary fodder crops
• Temporary crops that are grown intensively with multiple cuttings per year include three major groups of fodder:
• 1. Grasses, including cereals that are harvested green;
• 2. Legumes, including pulses that are harvested green; and
• 3. Root crops that are cultivated for fodder.• 4. Trees fodder.
Permanent Fodder crops
• Permanent fodder crops relate to land used permanently (for five years or more) for herbaceous forage crops, either cultivated or growing wild (i.e. wild prairie or grazing land), and may include some parts of forest land if it is used for grazing.
Grass fodder 1. Cowpea / Lobia - Thattaipayuru / Karamani•Grown in tropics, sub-tropics and warm temperature regions. During kharif , Rabi, and summer season . it is an Annual crop.•It is grown for feeding in green form, for hay making or for ensiling in mixtures with sorghum or maize
2.Desmanthus- Hedge lucerne / VelimasalDesmanthus is a perennial crop.
It is grow throughout the year under irrigation and during June - October as a rain fed crop.
Cereal fodder1. Fodder maize –
Makkacholam•Maize is mostly grown as KHARIF crop i.e. sowing in June - July. In south India it makes best growth in RABI and also in SUMMER.•It can be grown throughout the year with irrigation facility.
2. Fodder sorghum - Cholam / Jowar•Sorghum is a drought resistant annual crop.•It thrives in tropical climate with a temperature range of 25-35°C.
Grass Fodder1. Hybrid Napier - Cumbu
Napier Ottupull / Bajra Napier Hybrid
This is a perennial grass fodder.It possesses more tillers and leaves than Napier grass and is more vigorous and higher in fodder yield and quality
2. Guinea grassIt is a tall (1-4.5 m), tufted and fast growing highly palatable perennial grass.It has short creeping rhizome
Tree Fodder 1. Subabul - Soundal
(Koobabul)•This is fast spreading fodder tree which produces enormous seeds.•Suitable season for sowing is June-July.
2. Glyricidia•It is a small, semi-deciduous tree with pale bark.•Glyricidia sepium and Glyricidia maculata are the two species available.•G. maculata is more useful as green leaf manure. It also fixes atmospheric nitrogen and thereby improves soil fertility.•G. sepium tolerates a wide range of climatic and edaphic conditions.
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