Agriculture — Foragecrops Fodder Stage Harvesting
- At the flowering stage when it has the maximum amount of nutrients.
- For maize it is the early dent stage of maturity and for sorghum the late dough stage.
- Silage materials containing less than 25 per cent dry matter (more than 75 per cent moisture) will form a very sour silage and lose significant amount of silage juices with nutrients
MOISTURE LEVEL Moisture content of 60-65 per cent with 30-35 per cent dry matter is very ideal.
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| STAGE OF HARVESTING At the flowering stage when it has the maximum amount of nutrients. For maize it is the early dent stage of maturity and for sorghum the late dough stage. Silage materials containing less than 25 per cent dry matter (more than 75 per cent moisture) will form a very sour silage and lose significant amount of silage juices with nutrients MOISTURE LEVEL Moisture content of 60-65 per cent with 30-35 per cent dry matter is very ideal. | |
| Content Validator: Dr. K. N. Ganesan, Prof & Head , Dept. of Forage Crops, TNAU, Coimbatore. | |
| Updated on Apr 2023 | |
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Content validator: Dr. K. N. Ganesan, Prof & Head , Dept. of Forage Crops, TNAU, Coimbatore.