METHOD FOR CULTIVATION OF FEED CROPS UNDER ASTRAKHAN REGION CONDITIONS (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture, in particular, grassland management, more particular, creation of cultured perennial pastures.

SUBSTANCE: method involves sowing seed mixture of various crops which are simultaneously maturing; harvesting said crops. Along with known processes regulated by zonal recommendations, feed crop seed mixtures are offered to provide with continuous full-value green feeds. Balanced feed seed mixtures are composed of corn, mallow, sweet clover, and soya. Equivalent mixture with later maturing time is provided with the use of sunflower, mallow, soya, and sorghum. Seeds for composing of mixtures are sown at equal agronomical times. Vegetative irrigation procedures are carried out with reduced irrigation norms of 350-550 m³/hectare at 65-75% moisture content. The first mixture or two-, three-, or four-component mixture is harvested during last decade of June at the stage of green maturity of soya seeds, milk maturity of corn cobs and mallow. Second two-, three-, or four-component mixture is mown for green feed during the second decade of July at green maturity stage of soya beans, at the end of flowering period of sunflower calathidium and milk maturity stage of sorghum seeds. Method allows continuous green conveyor to be created for feeding of dairy cattle herd.

EFFECT: increased devouring of green feeds, increased productiveness, improved quality of crop cultivation in combined sowings, and reduced consumption of irrigation water.

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