Tomsk agrarians and livestock breeders were trained in forage harvesting and cultivation of fodder crops

In the Tomsk region, the training seminar "Agroschool" Feed Signals "was completed. Within the framework of the third day, the experts, together with the heads of agricultural enterprises of the Tomsk region, visited the enterprise of Sibirskoe Moloko LLC and the peasant farm of Svetlana Khismatullina in the village of Yagodnoye, Asinovsky district.
Andrey Klishin, the chief agronomist of the enterprise, conducted a tour of the fodder trenches and spoke about the methods of fodder harvesting.
“The forage harvesting process begins with the fact that several sites are made with harvested fodder on the farm and one pile in the field with fodder in the form of haylage from perennial grasses. According to the plan for this season, we must prepare 14 thousand tons of perennial grass haylage, 10 thousand tons of annual grasses and 12 thousand tons of corn silage,” Andrey Anatolyevich shared.
The field event continued at the Dairy Farming Training Center, where the participants discussed in detail the results of the examination of the feeds of the Sibirskoye Moloko enterprise.
“Despite the peculiarities of the Tomsk region, which do not make it possible to gain a protein level of up to 25-35, all other indicators are in sufficient quantity. Fiber is 26%, ash - 7%, vinegar - 21%, energy - 10.8%, and sugar is also at a minimum level. In this case, it is possible to obtain high-quality milk due to the high degree of digestibility and purity of feed,” said Albert Ziganshin, Development Director of LLC NPO Agro Mentor, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences.
“The even ratio of acids in the composition of the feed indicates that all the work to cover the silo and haylage trenches, as well as conservation, were carried out correctly. This allows, if necessary, to store feed for up to several years without significant loss of quality,” added Pavel Penkin, Technical Director of NPO Agro Mentor LLC.
“At the training course, many interesting ideas were voiced, which will definitely be applied in our production. For example, last year, due to bad weather conditions, there was a problem with forage harvesting equipment - due to the specifics of its model, the dredger captured only a part of the area, collecting small drags. At the seminar, I heard a solution to the problem - the purchase of another, new equipment for the same amount, but with twice the capacity. Thus, if the yield is low, then such a technique will allow you to walk around the territory several times and collect much more green mass, ”said Ruslan Chapanov, director of Semenovsky LLC.
“All the speakers of this seminar are practitioners who rely not only on scientific theory, but also on their own experience and results. Therefore, their advice on the variety of forage grasses, the use of various technologies, the number of cuttings, which are determined depending on the region, were of particular interest to us. So, an example was given that even in the Arkhangelsk region, from one crop in a small field, it was possible to get as many as three mowings. Now, based on the knowledge gained, we plan to refine our technology, logistics and timing. We realized that one of the main conditions in the preparation of fodder is to withstand the maturation phases of each fodder crop, ”said Kirill Slavesnov, a livestock specialist in feeding at the Bialystok SPK.
“The basis for the development of animal husbandry is not only the acquisition of highly productive livestock and the construction of technological farms, but also the creation of a solid fodder base to provide livestock with good nutrition. Improving the feed production system should be based not only on the quality of feed, but also on the economic component to increase the efficiency of dairy and beef cattle breeding. At the seminar, experts recommended assessing the potential of each farm and determining the level of its development in the current conditions. At the event, a lot of new things were said on the issue of improving fodder production based on modern technologies for growing fodder crops, as well as on the preparation of fodder in order to increase the productivity and nutritional value of plant materials in the conditions of the Tomsk region. After listening to the course, I was convinced once again,