Crystal Crop Protection Ltd, an integrated agri-input company, will offer a comprehensive range of fodder seed products to serve diverse agro-climatic needs in kharif 2026. These include ‘SX17’, ‘SX17 Super’, ‘SX21’ and ‘Star’.

A media statement said that ‘SX17’ is a high-yielding sorghum-Sudan hybrid with robust stem, medium maturity and good re-growth, while ‘SX17 Super’ is an enhanced version of ‘SX17’ with improved drought tolerance and higher biomass per cut.

According to the statement, ‘SX21’ is a late-maturing high-biomass variety ideal for single-cut large volume harvests, and ‘Star’ is an early-maturing dual-purpose sorghum, used as both green fodder and grain fodder.

Crystal Crop’s ‘2026 Fodder Initiative’ is anchored across Haryana, Punjab, Western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. These regions are dominated by the cultivation of crops such as sorghum (jowar), maize, bajra, beseem and lucerne.

Purpose-engineered hybrid

The company’s single-cut green fodder hybrid – ‘Dairy Green’ -- has been purpose-engineered to address the nutritional requirements of high-yielding dairy cattle. Developed through advanced plant breeding, ‘Dairy Green’ delivers consistently high biomass yield, superior crude protein content and excellent palatability making it the preferred choice for dairy farmers, it said.

Quoting Satyender Singh, Chief Executive Officer (Seeds), Crystal Crop Protection, the statement said India’s livestock sector is at an inflection point. The challenge is no longer just about milk productivity. It begins at the farm gate with the quality and availability of green fodder.

“At Crystal, we have invested over a decade in developing seed solutions that directly address this gap. ‘Dairy Green’ represents our finest effort: a seed that consistently delivers more nutrition per acre, enabling dairy farmers to achieve higher milk yields while reducing their feed cost burden. Our expanded portfolio for kharif 2026 ensures that India’s farmers have the right tools for every condition,” he said.

“We expect our kharif 2026 fodder seed programme to deliver measurably high productivity across farmer fields. With growing awareness amongst dairy farmers about the link between green fodder quality and milk yields, demand for scientifically developed fodder seeds is at an all-time high,” Singh added.

Published on April 6, 2026