Fodder beet seed production. Seed production of fodder beet (1990)

A field sown with fodder beet.

A sample of fodder beet.

The process of milking cows.

Harvesting of green fodder.

Selection of a plot for sowing fodder beet for seeds.

The soil should have a deep arable horizon.

The best predecessors are winter or row crops.

Autumn cultivation of the land.

Weed control.

Herbicides are used in case of severe clogging.

Checking the soil in the laboratory.

After that, the doses of mineral fertilizers are determined.

Application of fertilizers to the ground.

Application of organic fertilizers.

Snow retention in the soil.

In spring, when the topsoil dries out, tillage begins.

Preparation of seeds for sowing.

If the seeds are well prepared, you can use a precision seeder.

The beet sowing operation can be fully mechanized.

The seeder simultaneously sows seeds and fertilizes.

Machine operators improved the seeder by adding a container with beacon crops.

These crops mark the field, helping to carry out pre-emergence tillage.

Thinning of seedlings.

Manual processing of crops.

The result of proper thinning.

Collecting tops.

This is an additional source of feed.

Silage of the tops.

The use of fresh fodder beet tops for animal feeding.

Often the tops are left on the field.

Overripe tops enrich the soil.

Beet queen cells are best cleaned with a beet harvester.

After cleaning, the queen cells urgently need to be put into storage so that they do not have time to pull up.

Otherwise, there will be a lot of seedless stems next year.

A sample of the correct pruning of the tops.

Beets are stored in trenches.

The next year, beets are taken out of the trenches.

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