Agricultural waste - the new gold?

DSTU scientists have suggested using the cake of mustard seed, camelina seed and lavender spike to enhance the acid-forming properties of beneficial bacteria in the intestines of animals, which helps to reduce the number of harmful bacteria, the AGROPILOT TELEGRAM channel reports. Even 4 thousand tons of such waste will save almost 1 billion rubles a year.

The scientists of ASAU proposed to use waste husks of grain crops in the production of biopolymer containers for seedlings . Such containers are not only more environmentally friendly, but also cheaper - the cost and costs of launching mass production are lower than those of analogues.

In turn, the feed additive for cattle from wood waste, developed by PIMU, increases the average daily MILK yield by 12%, and the fat content and protein content in milk - by 10-15%. Also, amino acids in the composition of the additive improve the palatability of milk, raise the immune factor and the resistance of the animal. In addition, the additive reduces the production of methane immediately by 30%.

The addition of just 6% burnt rice straw increases the strength of concrete by almost 25% and reduces cement consumption by 10%, scientists from Rostov-on-Don found out. And at Moscow State University, activated carbon was isolated from the ashes of rice husks, which can be used in electrodes for supercapacitors - sources of pulsed power.

By the way, Moscow State University and Skoltech were the first in the world to create a sodium-ion battery based on Sosnovsky's hogweed (https://t.me/agro_pilot/1031). it can replace lithium, whose reserves are limited in the world.

Meanwhile, the Federation Council suggested using expired products for the preparation of feed or feed additives. By the way, in the world about 30% of feed is already made from waste. According to the RSHB, the potential volume of secondary processing of bread into feed is about 2 million tons per year, worth more than 20 billion rubles.