SYSTEMS OF FODDER PRODUCTION The system of fodder production vary from region to region, place to place and farmer to farmer, depending upon the availability of inputs, namely fertilizers, irrigation, insecticides, pesticides, etc. and the topography. An ideal fodder system is that which gives the maximum outturn of digestible nutrients per hectare, or maximum livestock...

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Varietal picture in forage crops. Though the breeding objectives in forage crops are too many, yet a number of high-yielding and nutritive varieties in some of the important fodder and pasture crops have been developed by different agricultural institutions. The major breeding objectives, inter alia, include (i) the high yields of dry matter, (ii)...

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