Open AccessBY-FARM FORAGE LANDS, CURRENT STATUS AND PROSPECTS
Author(s) -
Andrey Krasnoperov,
Nikolay Buyankin,
Tatyana Troyan,
Alina Kondratskaya
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
adaptivnoe kormoproizvodstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2222-5366
DOI - 10.33814/afp-2222-5366-2019-4-27-35
Subject(s) - fodder , pasture , environmental science , forage , grazing , agroforestry , geography , humus , agronomy , lime , plough , grassland , productivity , agriculture , forestry , soil water , geology , soil science , biology , paleontology , macroeconomics , archaeology , economics
Monitoring of the soil cover of the farmlands for a long period of time is relevant in fodder production, since the mechanical intensive use of fodder lands, uneven grazing of livestock, and non-compliance with the restoration of pastures and meadows inevitably affect the productivity of the farmlands for crop rotations. A tendency has been revealed towards the restoration of near-farm forage lands due to the plowing and sowing of perennial legume-cereal mixtures, the regular application of mineral fertilizers and lime. Particular attention is paid to the study of the dynamics of humus and acidity of the soil cover during long-term mowing and pasture use. The cultural and technical characteristics of the fodder area located in the Polessky region bordering the A190 Kaliningrad–Polessk regional highway (from the south), the federal railway (from the north), polder lands (from the west) and the settlement (from the east) are given. The soil cover of the site is represented by four homogeneous elementary soil ranges, with characteristics of size, shape, and irregular borders. The selected contours of forage lands are gradually restored by the content of humus in the process of radical improvement and deoxidation of the soil. The interrelation of these causes with the intensity and ways of using the feeding grounds is established.