If you want to make silage from napier grass it is advised that you harvest when they are two months old or one month re-growth. Adding molasses during ensiling improves fermentation process and ...

In comparison with silage, the Juncao Napier grass variety gives them 18 tonnes in one acre which is at a higher level than the rest of the napier grass varieties. "Another advantage with this ...

Elephant grass also called Pennisetum purpureum Schumach or Napier grass is a multipurpose plant. Aside from being a windbreaker for some plants, this grass provides animals with silage.

Some crops are more easily chopped than others. For example, at a given length of cut corn requires about 70% of the energy needed to chop many grass and legume silages. Increasing corn silage cut ...

Following the success of the Napier grass initiative in Kinabatangan’s Bilit ecotourism area, non-governmental organisations are elated that Bornean elephants have started to forage on grass in ...

It is adapted to humid temperate areas with an annual precipitation of 16 inches or greater. This grass is very winter hardy, but also has good heat tolerance. It tolerates both drought and ...

Focus on grass, not silage. He explained that farmers should strive to utilise grass in fields and do so by focusing on setting up their enterprises to grow grass — not silage — by ...

After previous plans to send officials abroad for learning fish farming and cooking kedgeree, a new proposal has emerged: ...

The grass pasture, initiated at the periphery of the Tabin reserve by Bora in 2021, is an award-winning initiative that began with Napier grass planting on a 20ha site at the southern fringe of Tabin.

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You can choose to use napier grass as pasture or conserve it as silage or hay. Napier grass can withstand heavy grazing, but this must be compensated with good weeding, irrigation during dry ...