ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ ВОЗДЕЛЫВАНИЯ СОРГО И СОРГО-СУДАНКОВОГО ГИБРИДА

Results are given from investigations into technological aspects of cultivating sorghum and sorghum/Sudan grass hybrids under conditions of the forest-steppe zone of Western Siberia. It has been found that late sowing dates (end of the first ten-day period of June) for sorghum with seeding rate of 500 ths seeds per ha are preferred. Productivity and quality of feeds obtained from the sowings of sorghum and sorghum/Sudan grass hybrids with broad beans and peas have been evaluated under various seeding methods. It has been established that the sowings of sorghum/Sudan grass hybrids with broad beans are more productive than those with peas. With that, crops harvested in the stage of associated grass paniculation and bean formation give biomass with digestible protein availability of fodder unit in the range of 126-127 g. It has been found that the leguminous component increases feeding power of feeds obtained owing to the increased digestible protein content in biomass.