Changes in forage quality of a long-term pasture depending on mineral fertilizer and weather conditions

Abstract

The results of research on changes in productivity and nutritional value of long-term pasture grass on drained peat soil depending on the methods of mineral fertilizer and agro-climatic conditions of the Volga-Vyatka economic region are presented. The role of the anthropogenic factor in changing the botanical composition of pasture grass, its productivity and the quality of the resulting feed is assessed. The parameters of the control of the collection of digestible protein from 1 ha of pasture grass under different types of weather have been determined. Experimental data confirm that the use of drained peat soils in grassland farming is the most promising way to solve the problem of forage production and preservation of the organic layer of peat soil.