Shkolnikov P.N., Shchitov S.V., Kuznetsov E.E., Evdokimov V.G., Prisiazhnaia S.P., Zakharova E.B.

Improvement of pumpkin preparation and distribution in small cattle farms

The increase in livestock production is currently an urgent problem, since it directly affects the food security of the country. It should be noted, however, that the most expensive process in terms of costs is animal feeding. As studies have shown, feeding accounts for up to 50% of all costs associated with obtaining livestock products. At the same time, if we analyze the feeding process in general, it should be noted that the most costly operations are such as the preparation and distribution of feed. This process is especially painful for small cattle farms for which it is not always economically profitable to use the equipment offered by the industry due to the low load. At the same time, as you know, the share of small cattle farms engaged in the production of meat and milk in the country as a whole accounts for up to 20% of the total production volume. Under these conditions, further growth in the volume of livestock production at these enterprises is constrained by the above reasons. This problem is especially relevant for the conditions of the Amur Region, since the remoteness from the central regions of Russia increases the already cost of the imported feed. Along with this, in the region, the main direction of which is agricultural, the priority in the production of agricultural products is given to the plant growing industry, which is able to provide animals with its feed. In these conditions, the issue of reducing the cost of training and feeding animals on small farms is relevant

Keywords:FEED, FEED PREPARATION, FEED DISTRIBUTION, EFFICIENCY, FEED DISPENSER, FEED CHOPPING