About the Practice
Detail:

Farmers from Tamil Nadu use salt to store straw for prolonged storage. They arrange dry Sorghum and maize straw in a stock. While stacking the hay, sprinkle common salt over every layer of straw as it is arranged. Arrange dry Sorghum and maize straw in a stock. While stacking the hay, sprinkle common salt over every layer of straw as it is arranged.


About the Innovator

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Nam Vali Velanma
Agro-Ecological Zone: High rainfall zone
Address:
State: Tamil Nadu
PIN Code 600009

Practice Details

Crop: Sorghum,Maize
Crop Family: Poaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Sorghum bicolor), (Zea mayz)
Crop Vernacular Name: Juvar,Makai
Formulation: 10 kg of salt
Ingredients: Common salt

PAS 1:


http://www.krishisewa.com/articles/livestock/236-fodder-conservation.html

PAS 2:

"Storage characteristics of large round alfalfa
bales: dry hay"
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43281959_Storage_Characteristics_of_Large_Round_and_Square_Alfalfa_Bales_Dry_Hay


GIAN Reference: GIAN/UAL/677 - Practice ID: KNW0010000000770
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