TRVK, Siddipet conducted Method Demonstration cum awareness to farmers on nipping in Redgram & Visited IFS unit on 01.09.2025

TRVK, Siddipet organized method demonstration cum awareness to farmers on nipping in red gram field of Sri. Ragula Sailu at Mundrai village, Nangunur Mandal, Siddipet (Dt) on 01.09.2025. Dr. Ch. Pallavi, Coordinator, TRVK, Siddipet explained the gathering about nipping of the terminal bud in between 45 to 60 days of crop growth stage improve the source to sink, significantly reduced the height of the plant and improve the number of primary and secondary branches girth and pods per plant. The nipping operation of red gram crop has given yield increased up to 10-15 %. She suggested farmers not to apply excess fertilizers to redgram crop and manage the pest and diseases at flowering stage would helpful to increase the yield and irrigating at bud formation stage to make considerable yield increase. Further, nipping operation was carried out with the billhook by Ragula Sailu redgram field. After that visited IFS unit of Mohan farmer holding 6.0 acres land having 4.0 acres under paddy, one acre as fodder block, one acre for maintaining the shed for 10 milching cows, chaff cutter, mechanical milching unit. His success story was discussed along with economics of each unit. In this programme, 15 No. Progressive farmers & 06 BJR, Agricultural college, Siricilla students participated.