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Forage Crops :: SILAGE MAKING
CROPS USED FOR SILAGE MAKING

Graminaceous 

    Maize,  sorghum,  sudan  grass,  bajra,  hybrid napier,  etc. Out of all, maize and sorghum are the best crops for silage making

Legume

  • Lucerne,  Cowpea, Desmanthus  etc.,
  • For  preserving  leguminous  crops  which  have  less  percentages  of  sugar,  the   fodder  is  sprinkled  with  a  solution  of  molasses  in  water  at  every one third  meter  of  filling  to  provide  the  necessary  amount  of  sugar  for  silage  making Graminaceous forages can be mixed with legumes for  making  silage  of  good  quality





Green Crop Ready for Silage

Content Validator: Dr. K. N. Ganesan, Prof & Head , Dept. of Forage Crops, TNAU, Coimbatore.

Updated on Apr 2023