The harvest is being harvested at the educational farm of the Ural Agrarian University

On August 18, students and scientists of the university presented about 30 scientific experiments that were carried out this summer on the educational fields.
The research covered grains, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits and berries, medicinal plants and potatoes. For example, throughout the summer, students and scientists from the Faculty of Agricultural Technologies and Land Management of the USAU determined the influence of various mulching materials on the productivity of garden strawberries, worked on the creation of new varieties of sunflower for the Middle Urals, hybrids of cucumber and tomato for spring polycarbonate greenhouses, and studied the effectiveness of using diatomite as a fertilizer on the growth, development and productivity of various vegetable crops and much more.

“Our field experiments are aimed not only at identifying and creating new hybrids and varieties of fruit, vegetable crops and potatoes that are promising for the Middle Urals, but also at developing science-based technologies for cultivating agricultural plants, including the use of mineral fertilizers,” said Mikhail Yuryevich Karpukhin, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, USAU, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor.

Thus, scientists from the Ural State Agrarian University are conducting scientific research on the effectiveness of diatomite as a fertilizer for crops and in soil contamination with heavy metals. The results of several production experiments using diatomite when growing potatoes and vegetables in open ground showed a positive trend in increasing the yield and marketability of potatoes and white cabbage. In addition, a reduced content of nitrates was noted in these fruits.

The acceptance of the field experiments was attended by the rector of the Ural Agrarian University Olga Loretz, as well as guests: Deputy Minister of International and Foreign Economic Relations of the Sverdlovsk Region Lyudmila Berg and DIRECTOR of the Department of International Relations of the Ministry of International and Foreign Economic Relations of the Sverdlovsk Region Larisa Sharf.

Today, as part of educational practice, students harvest onions, winter garlic, cucumbers, apples, barley, vetch-oat mixture, and honey. And in total, in the summer, on the teaching fields of the university, in addition to grains and oilseeds, more than 100 varieties of potatoes, over 300 types of medicinal plants, several dozen types of vegetable and fruit crops were grown: tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, herbs, apples, pears, honeysuckle, raspberries, currants, cherries, gooseberries and much more.
it should be noted that due to the hot summer, cleaning work in the educational and experimental farm of the university began at the end of July. Today, 40 hectares of peas and 163 hectares of grain (wheat, oats, barley) have already been harvested there, and more than three thousand tons of feed have been prepared.

“Today we continue harvesting grain and harvesting perennial grasses for the second cutting. In September we will begin harvesting corn; this year we sown 147 hectares of it and plan to get about three thousand tons. We will exceed our feed procurement plan this year. In general, the harvesting campaign is going according to plan,” said Alexander Vershinin, director of the educational and experimental farm of Ural State Agrarian University.

The completion of the harvesting campaign on the training farm is scheduled for September. Traditionally, the harvest will be used for university needs (for the canteen and research work), for the preparation of animal feed, and also for sale.

Let us remind you that the educational and experimental farm of the Ural State Agrarian University is located in the village of Studenchesky, Beloyarsk urban district, Sverdlovsk region. On an area of ​​more than 3,000 hectares, students annually grow a wide range of fruits, vegetables, and grain crops, raise bees, and keep domestic and farm animals. This platform is an excellent basis for young specialists to gain the necessary practical experience, as well as to conduct fundamental and applied scientific research.

Text - Yulia Filimonova
Photo - Vadim Shabratko
08/22/2022

Source: Press service of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education Ural State Agrarian University