PROMISING FODDER CROPS TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE RAW MATERIAL CONVEYOR IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE DRY-STEPPE ZONE

Abstract

The relevance of the research lies in the need to create raw material
conveyors for farms containing small cattle by selecting the most productive
fodder crops in the conditions of the dry-steppe zone. This article presents the data
obtained by scientists during field research in the conditions of the dry steppe
zone, in which the purpose of the research was to determine forage crops and
grass mixtures, their resistance to weeds, when using them in the raw material
conveyor, and to determine productivity when the cover crop is included in
various mowing periods. In accordance with the data provided, it can be argued
that of the scientifically substantiated crop types presented for research, the most
productive crops in the raw material conveyor system under the presented
conditions were Sudanese grass with a yield of 16.9 t/ha in the uncovered version,
and a grass mixture of peas + Sudanese grass - 23.6 t/ha, and of single-species
crops, at the same time, the dynamics of accumulation of green mass in the raw
material conveyor system in the variant with oat cover turned out to be similar,
but the yield of crops and grass mixtures turned out to be up to 5% higher than in
the variant without cover. It should be noted that the crops presented for the study
- fodder millet, paiza, also showed good yields in the variant with the use of cover
culture.