Abstract:The experiment was conducted to study the effects of different fertilization methods on forage yield and quality. Three treatments of chemical fertilizer, organic fertilizer and organicinorganic formula fertilizer were set up in the experiment. Each treatment was converted into chemical fertilizer, organic fertilizer and organicinorganic formula fertilizer according to the equal amount of 324 t/hm2 of equal N, drip irrigation was used in growing period. The results showed that there was no significant difference in plant height (3.08 m) between applying organic fertilizer and inorganic fertilizer (P>0.05), but there was significant difference in plant height (1.52 kg) between applying organic fertilizer and inorganic fertilizer (P<0.05), the fresh grass yield (84.53 t/hm2) and hay yield (32.01 t/hm2) were the highest, which were significantly higher than that of applying chemical fertilizer and organic fertilizer (P<0.05), and the contents of DM (37.87%) and Starch (38.47%) were the highest, there was no significant difference between applying chemical fertilizer (P>0.05) and applying organic fertilizer (P<0.05). The content of NDF (33.90%) and ADF (20.90%) in forage grass with organic and inorganic fertilizer was the lowest, which was significantly different from that with chemical fertilizer and organic fertilizer (P<0.05). In conclusion, the application of organic and inorganic fertilizer can improve the yield and quality of forage maize in arid and semiarid area.