The influence of changes in the structure of fodder crops on the supply of fodder to livestock

Abstract

A powerful fodder base should be formed on an innovative basis, with the involvement of all necessary factors. In turn, this determines the proper functioning of the livestock industry. The aspect of forming a fodder base for improving the animal husbandry industry of Southern Ukraine and providing the population with high-quality food should be solved by conducting a study of the state of production of fodder crops, the structure of their crops, the release of nutrients from various types of fodder. The purpose of the article is to study the impact of structural changes in the sown areas of fodder crops in Ukraine and in the arid zones of the Southern Steppe, based on the example of the Mykolaiv region, on the provision of fodder to the cattle industry. To conduct the research, an analysis of data collected by civil servants of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine and the Main Department of Statistics in the Mykolaiv region over the past 20 years was carried out. The analysis of the information of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine for the period from 2000 to 2020 confirms that the highest increase in cultivated area was recorded in the country’s farms with technical crops. Their share in the structure of such areas was 15.4% in 2000, and by 2020 it was 17.4%. The article highlights the results of research into the state of production of the main fodder crops in Ukraine and its south (on the example of the Mykolaiv region) for the period 2000-2020.Changes in the structure of cultivated areas, a reduction in cultivated areas, which is due to a decrease in the number of cattle, are noted. The indicator of providing the feed unit with digestible protein has improved, the supply of animals with fodder has improved

Keywords

• fodder crops
• crop area
• structure of sown areas
• gross harvest
• fodder base