After 90 days of planting Red Napier would have grown by 8 feet to 10 feet and the grass would be ready for harvesting. Red Napier at this stage can be harvested and can be fed to cows, buffalo and horses. While harvesting, Red Napier grass has be cut at the ground level so that more shoots will start growing. We can use hand labor or Brush Cutter to harvest the Red Napier. Harvested Red Napier can be shredded using Chaff cutter and can be fed to cattle so that there wont the any wastage and the cattles can gain maximum benefits of the nutrients that is available in the stems. When shredded into fine particles, the same could be fed to vegetable-eating fish like tilapia and Pangasius. They are rich source of starch, protein and edible oil. Red Napier produces good quality herbaceous fodder and is highly palatable. Providing sufficient quantities of fodder to the milch animals will increase of milk production of the animals After completing the harvest, fertilize the land with 2 tonnes of cattle compost and irrigate them throughly Red Napier will be ready for harvest after 60 days.

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