ALFALFA (MEDICAGO SATIVA L.) HAYMAKING TIMING EFFECTS ON ITS YIELD AND QUALITY IN KYZYLORDA REGION, KAZAKHSTAN
Koptileuov B. Tokhetova L. Baizhanova B. Bekzhanov S. Nurgaliyev N. Demesinova A.
February 2024Society for the Advancement of Breeding Researches in Asia and Oceania
Sabrao Journal of Breeding and Genetics
2024#56Issue 1280 - 291 pp.
In the context of marketability, economic value, and agricultural effectiveness to meet the feed demand of animal husbandry, it is necessary to create a solid forage base in the Kyzylorda region, Kazakhstan. The thriving solution to increased livestock and animal husbandry productivity in ecological conditions of the Aral Sea region principally depends upon the timely procurement of feed and the establishment of industrial-based feed production. Producing enhanced high-quality feeds can be the outcome of introducing high-yielding varieties, using new resource-saving cultivation and harvesting technologies, organizing optimal cultivation and production processes, and increasing the efficiency of various technical means. Of all the harvested types of feeds, alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) has the best effect on increasing the livestock’s milk and meat yield. All farm animals can also consume the green mass of alfalfa much faster. In feeding cattle with alfalfa, its utilization rate is 92.6%. On biochemical composition, alfalfa hay surpasses various other feeds, and 100 kg of alfalfa hay contains 11.6 kg of digestible protein, 1.77 kg of calcium, 0.22 kg of phosphorus, and 4.5 g of carotene. In conditions with rice crop rotation and according to its biological characteristics, alfalfa is indispensable in agrotechnical and reclamation relations, especially in saline soils. The economic value of alfalfa lies in its broad ecological plasticity, high productivity, and ability to grow back quickly after mowing.
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) , animal husbandry , biochemical composition , fodder yield , growth dynamics , quality , timing of haymaking
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Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan
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