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Napier (Hybrid) vs Para Grass

Both are Fodder. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.

Napier (Hybrid) Para Grass

Measure Napier (Hybrid) Para Grass
Season Perennial Perennial
Sowing window Jun–Jul Jun–Jul
Days to harvest 60 per cut 60–75
Spacing 90 × 60 cm 50 × 50 cm
Soil pH 5.5–7.5 5.5–7.5
Water 1000–1500 Waterlogged
Temperature °C 25–35 20–35
Seed rate 20 k slips Slips
Yield 200–250 t green 80–120 t
Watch for Leaf blight, stem borer Leaf blight, armyworm

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Crop Sow Days pH Temp °C Yield
Lucerne (Alfalfa) Oct–Nov 45 per cut 6.5–7.5 15–30 80–100 t green
Dhaincha Jun–Jul 45–60 6.0–8.5 20–35 20–25 t
Berseem Oct–Nov 50 per cut 6.5–7.5 15–25 80–100 t green
Fodder Cowpea Jun–Jul 55–70 5.5–7.5 25–35 25–30 t green
Sudan Grass Jun–Jul 55–70 6.0–7.5 20–35 45–60 t
Dinanath Grass Jun–Jul 55–70 6.0–7.5 20–35 35–50 t
Fodder Oats Oct–Nov 55–70 5.5–7.0 10–25 35–50 t green
Napier (Hybrid) Jun–Jul 60 per cut 5.5–7.5 25–35 200–250 t green
Fodder Maize Jun–Jul, Feb 60–70 6.0–7.5 21–30 40–50 t green
Fodder Sorghum Jun–Jul 60–75 6.0–7.5 25–32 40–50 t green
Oats (Fodder) Oct–Nov 60–70 5.5–7.0 15–25 35–45 t green
Para Grass Jun–Jul 60–75 5.5–7.5 20–35 80–120 t
Rhodes Grass Jun–Jul 60–75 5.5–8.0 20–32 40–60 t
Buffel Grass Jun–Jul 60–80 6.0–8.5 20–38 30–45 t

8 more in this list. All 538 crops, with every column → The sowing year →