Season : Throughout the year for fodder in all districts under irrigated condition.
      Varieties : Composite/hybrids: African Tall, Ganga 5

Yield Potential and Quality Characters

 PREPARATORY CULTIVATION

1. PLOUGHING

      Plough the field twice with an iron plough and three or four times with country plough.

2. APPLICATION OF FYM

      Apply and spread FYM or compost at 25 t/ha on unploughed field along with 10 packets of Azospirillum (2000 g) and 10 packets of Phosphobacteria (2000g)   inoculum or 20packets of Azophos (4000g)and incorporate the manure into the soil during ploughing.

3. FORMING RIDGES AND FURROWS

      Form ridges and furrows using a ridger, 30 cm apart are form beds of size 10 m2 or 20 m2 depending on the availability of water and slope of the land.

4. APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS

      Apply NPK fertilizers as per soil test recommendation as for as possible. If soil testing is not done, follow blanket recommendation of 30 : 40 : 20 kg N, P2O5 and K2 O / ha. Apply 30 kg N/ha at 30 days after sowing as top dressing.

5. SOWING

6. WATER MANAGEMENT

      Irrigate immediately after sowing and give life irrigation on the third day and thereafter once in 10 days.

7. WEED MANAGEMENT

      Hoeing and weeding are done as and when necessary.

8. HARVESTING

      Harvest the crop when the cob is in the milky stage.
               
Note:      * Fodder Maize can be intercropped with CO 5 or COFC 8 Cowpea at 3:1 ratio and harvested together to provide nutritious fodder.

SEED PRODUCTION

LAND REQUIREMENT

ISOLATION

SPACING

FERTILIZER

HARVEST

SEED TREATMENT

STORAGE

OTHER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES