Fodder

Fodder

In industrial crop production, a separate article is occupied by fodders, used to feed all types of livestock and poultry. Traditionally, there are distinguished grain fodder (oats, barley, corn, and sorghum), legumes (peas, lupins, clover) and green fodder (meadow grasses for hay and fresh grasses for hydroponics).

Peculiarities

Forages are involved in crop rotation with other cereals, sunflower, rapeseed and nightshades. Soil conditioners SatoSoil® are used to preserve the fertile soil layer.

The requirements for the shelf life and keeping quality of fodder are lower than those for table cereals and oilseeds. Harvesting is allowed in the stage of milky ripeness for grains, agrotechnical methods of processing and storing feed grains are less capital-intensive, which affects the final profitability of crops.

Disinfection of seeds before sowing is carried out with SatoHum® K growth regulator, since it has disinfectant properties, which increases the viability of seeds and ensures coordinated seedlings. After sowing, all forage crops respond well to fertilization. General tendencies to reduce the consumption of mineral fertilizers in agriculture also apply to fodder, therefore, in order to rationally use minerals, it’s recommended to introduce a line of organo-mineral fertilizers Sato® Turbo NPK or with micronutrients having a long-lasting action, which gradually release macro, meso and micro elements.

For complex top dressing and immunization of crops in open ground or in hydroponic cultivation, liquid Growth regulators with macro and microelements SatoHum®, as well as Sato® Turbo organo-mineral fertilizers are indicated, which effectively deliver primary and secondary nutrients, promote an even gain of vegetative mass and generative organs, and extend the natural protection of crops.

Specific Sato® Turbo liquid compositions with micronutrients prevent lodging of oats, wheat and corn. Boron, Molybdenum, Manganese or Zinc increase plant stress resistance, drought and low tempreture resistance, strengthen the walls of stems, leaves and grain, cut down the insect pests and pathogens attacks.

4 Sato® Steps – recommendations for fertilization and top dressing for fodder

SOILS

SEEDS

GROWTH

HARVEST

SatoSoil® Biome

Preservation of fertile humus during crop rotation
Incorporation to a depth of 15 cm
5 – 10 t/ha

SatoSoil® pHoenix

Fallow conditioning

Correction of saline and acidic soils
Deep plowing up to 18 cm
4 – 8 t/ha

SatoHum® K or
Sato® Turbo NPK

Watering the soil improver
2 – 6 l/ha

SatoHum® K

Pre-sowing seed treatment of seed fund

0,6 l/t

SatoHum® K or Sato® Turbo NPK

Growth activation
2 – 6 l/ha

SatoHum® Complex

Balanced nutrition with macro and microelements

1,5 – 2 l/ha

SatoHum® K or Sato® Turbo K-B / Sato® Turbo K-Mo

Correction of potassium

Plant immunization

Lodging protection

Growth intensification
1,7 – 2,4 l/ha

Sato® Turbo
micronutrition

Micronutrition of forage crops

Stimulation of phytohormones synthesis

Feeding with specific trace elements to correct deficiencies
1,5 – 2 l/ha

SatoHum® K

Long keeping quality of grain, cobs and pods

Raising nutritional value of feed flour

Before harvesting 1,5 – 2 l/ha

WARNING AND GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS: 4 Sato® Steps is a comprehensive crop care system that provides the basic crop needs for the main 12 macro, meso and micronutrients for an optimal growing cycle and unlocking the potential of each crop.

SOILS: In pre-sowing application of SatoSoil® improvers, the minimum rate is introduced; when autumn applying, the maximum rate is recommended. When applying Sato® Turbo organo-mineral fertilizers after SatoSoil® improvers, the minimum rate is applied; if the soil hasn’t been treated, the maximum rate is applied. For irrigation, it’s recommended to activate granulates (soil improvers) with SatoHum® K liquid formulation or Sato® Turbo NPK liquid organo-mineral product.

SEEDS/SEEDLINGS/VEGETATION BEGINNING: Treatment of seeds and seedlings with SatoHum® K formulation is compatible with treatment by classical protectants without reducing the rates of their application, and helps to increase the viability of seedlings, the development of the plant and its fruitfulness.

GROWTH: Our SatoHum® solutions have a guaranteed composition with high content of humic and fulvic acids with amino acids of plant origin. It is not recommended to exceed the total applying dose of SatoHum® liquid formulations over 6 l/ha/season, starting from the germination/seedlings phase. If SatoHum® K is used for prophylactic purposes, it is recommended to apply the minimum dose.

HARVEST: Simultaneous fertilization with several SatoHum® products is not expected, excepting the soil improver’s activation. It’s not recommended to exceed the specified application rates. For single, not systemic application of SatoHum® products, the maximum dosage of the product is recommended.