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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 1 Baseline indicators for the cultivation of forage crops on the farm for the last 10 years (2011–2020)

From: A systemic comparative economic approach efficiency of fodder production

Crop

Feed units per 1 kg of feed

Yield per hectare, centner

Pure productivity of 1 hectare of crops, the centner of feeding unit

Cost price 1 centner of production, rub

Cost price of 1 centner unit products, rub

Content of digestible protein in 1 kg, g

Content of digestible protein in 1 kg of feeding unit, g

Vetch-oats

0.30

120.0

36.0

17.5

62.4

36.0

128.4

Alfalfa

0.38

163.7

62.2

13.9

38.6

50.7

140.9

Timothy grass

0.23

110.0

25.3

18.6

88.7

20.4

97.2

Corn

0.16

135.2

21.6

13.6

96.9

19.6

140.3

Sweet clover

0.21

139.2

29.2

18.6

98.1

25.4

133.8

Fodder beet

0.12

154.7

18.6

41.3

412.9

13.5

135.4

Winter rye in green mass

0.28

159.8

44.8

17.8

68.5

30.3

116.6

Hybrid clover

0.29

145.7

42.3

19.0

70.3

35.9

132.8

Eastern Galega

0.32

153.7

49.2

14.4

48.0

37.1

123.5