Kisan News: Good news for livestock farmers, the government has made a big announcement
New Delhi: Kisan News: The government is running many ambitious schemes to make farmers financially strong. Farmers are taking advantage of these government schemes. The demand for varieties developed by Chaudhary Charan Singh Agricultural University located in Hisar district of Haryana is continuously increasing in other states as well.
In this sequence, the fodder section has developed a new improved variety of oats HFO 906. According to experts, this variety of oats will greatly benefit the farmers and livestock farmers of the northwestern states of the country, which will also increase their crop income.
The protein content in the fodder is 10 percent.
University's research director Dr. SK Pahuja, while mentioning the characteristics of the new variety of oats, said that the average yield of green fodder of HFO 906 variety is 655.1 quintals and the average yield of dry fodder is 124.4 quintals per hectare. Its average seed yield is 27.4 quintals per hectare while the crude protein yield is 11.4 quintals per hectare. The amount of protein in this variety of fodder is 10 percent, due to which the quality of its fodder is more beneficial for animals.
Green fodder yield is 14 percent higher
University Vice Chancellor Prof. BR Kamboj said that HFO 906 variety gives 14 percent more green fodder yield than national level Chowk varieties Kent and OS 6. HFO 906 is a cutting variety of oats. He said that on the recommendation of the Central Seed Committee in the Gazette of the Government of India, HFO 906 variety of oats has been approved for timely sowing in the north-western region of the country.
Shortage of green fodder and dry fodder in the country
Due to the high protein content and high digestibility in this new variety, it is very good for animals. There is a shortage of 11.24 percent green fodder and 23.4 percent dry fodder in the country. This is affecting the milk production capacity of animals. Animal farmers will benefit by developing better quality fodder and high-yielding varieties and the milk production capacity of animals will also increase.