Claim · model-written summary
Next-year first-mowing yield declined by 0.35–0.76 t/ha.
Medicago sativaVerbatim
e0“The decrease in the yield of the first mowing for the next year was 0.35–0.76 t/ha (7–15 %)”
t0“alfalfa”
Title
The effect of the mowing time of alfalfa on its feed productivity
D. Y. Bakshaev Bulletin of NSAU (Novosibirsk State Agrarian University) 2025. doi:10.31677/2072-6724-2025-76-3-31-38
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- Observation First alfalfa mowing ripeness occurred 45–57 days after regrowth began.
- Intervention effect Late mowing extended the alfalfa growing season from 56 to 95 days.
- Association The interaxial period was strongly related to average daily air temperature.
- Association The interaxial period was related to temperature sum and precipitation.
- Intervention effect Root sugar content fell by 15% from early to late alfalfa harvesting.
- Intervention effect Late alfalfa mowing reduced total dry weight yield by 13–21%.
- Observation Next-year second-mowing yield declined by 0.42–1.12 t/ha.
- Intervention effect Early mowing of regrowth yielded 0.74–0.77 feed units.
- Observation Early mowing of regrowth yielded 10.2–10.2 MJ metabolic energy.
- Observation Early mowing of regrowth yielded 161– 171 g/k units digestible protein.
- Observation At late harvest, feed units per kg decreased by 5% in the first mowing.
- Observation At late harvest, feed units per kg decreased by 10% in the second mowing.
- Observation At late harvest, metabolic energy yield decreased by 4% in the first mowing.
- Observation At late harvest, metabolic energy yield decreased by 7% in the second mowing.
- Observation At late harvest, digestible protein provision decreased by 6% in the first mowing.
- Observation At late harvest, digestible protein provision decreased by 16% in the second mowing.