< Nutrifeed - The Forage Specialist

Agronomy & Management


Soil:

Fodder crops can be grown well on a wide range of soil types Soil pH should be 5.5 to 7.0, Avoid acidic and saline soils.


Water & Irrigation:

Advanta BMR should irrigate before 7 days intervals in summer and 12 days interval in rainy season. For better palatability crop should be with high moisture. Sufficient irrigation will boost the healthy and expected bio-mass yield in forage crops.


Sowings:

Although BMR is comparatively easy to establish, prepare good seedbed for good germination and root development.




Sowing Type:

Ridges & Furrows:

For staggered sowing, harvesting, irrigation and fertigation ridges and furrows method is very successful to get high yield and high quality fodder.

Blocks Method:

Blocks method is another successful method in forage cultivation. Farmer can harvest the fodder as per in requirement and irrigate the same block.

Irrigation before or after sowing:

Irrigate the field before and after sowing for better germination and healthy crop.

Sowing Time:

Spring - Feb to April
Kharif - May to August
Rabi (Central India and South India only) - September to November

Seed Rate:

Heavy black soils 10 Kg and Light soils 12 Kg per Acre.

Spacing:

BMR spacing is row to row 25 cm X plant to plant 10 cm.

Fertiliser:

N-30 Kg (60 Kg Urea),
P-15 Kg (30 Kg DAP or 100 kg SSP),
K-10 Kg (20 Kg Potash) per Acre.

Adequate nitrogen will ensure the crop fast growth and quick recovery after cutting. Nitrogen has to apply as top dressing only to get optimum benefit.




Post Cutting Activities:

Apply adequate nitrogen and water for regeneration of fresh leaves and Stems.


Insect & Disease Management:

BMR can be infected by Stem borer and Shoot borer. Apply 8 Kg of UMET per acre before sowing to control shoot and stem borer.


Cutting & Harvesting:

BMR can cut at feed at any time but 1 meter to 1.2 meter is idle height to get more benefits from green fodder Sugargraze should cut above 6 to 8 inches height from the ground level while harvesting/ cutting which is necessary to get immediate re-growth for multi-cut.