fodder-maize
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Maize is a cereal crop, grown in the kharif · rabi season. Sow it in Jun–Jul, Oct–Nov and expect to harvest in 90–110 days. It wants a pH of 5.5–7.5 (close to neutral) and 21–30°C. Plant at 60 × 20 cm, allowing 18–20 kg of seed per hectare. A good crop returns around 5–8 t. Watch for fall armyworm, stem borer.
Growing Maize6 sentences from our guides, quoted exactly
Fodder land: Prioritize fields with neutral to slightly alkaline pH for sorghum, maize and legume mixes.
In the Gangetic Plains you'll have seasonal fodder availability, so design a feeding plan that uses: Green fodder crops grown on-farm (maize, sorghum, Napier, bajra hybrids in kharif; berseem, oat in rabi).
Match crop choices to the Kharif–Rabi cycle in Vidarbha: Kharif (monsoon): sow sorghum (fodder types) and maize where irrigation is available.
Irrigation access: fodder like napier, sorghum and maize respond to regular moisture.
Maize (fodder corn) – fast-growing source of bulky green fodder when sown in spring/summer with irrigation.
Prepare a fine, firm seedbed for small-seeded fodders; ridges or beds help with drainage for maize and sorghum in heavier soils.
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