Assessment of potential of ecologically friendly feeds production for cattle in Central Yakutia

The purpose of the study is to develop recommendations for the effective use of hayfields and pastures, subject to the transition to organic farming in Central Yakutia. Tasks: to calculate the yield of ecologically clean forage for cattle from hayfields and pastures, where organic farming will be introduced; to determine the potential of land resources suitable for organizing the production of organic products in Central Yakutia. The object of the study was the land resources of hayfields and pastures in the Central Economic Zone of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) from the standpoint of the production of organic products for animal husbandry. The analysis was based on statistical data on the state of agricultural production in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (RS (Y)), materials of the Agricultural Management System of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) for the period 2016-2020, and other documents. The study was carried out by the method of statistical analysis of data on areas, gross harvest and yield of land for the procurement of roughage in the regions of the Central Economic Zone of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The Statistical Directory of the Statistical Office of the Yakut ASSR (1980), the Statistical Directory of the Yakut Republican Department of Statistics (1990), and the Statistical Directory of the Territorial Body of the Federal State Statistics Service for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (2019) were used. The calculations were carried out using also the Methodological Recommendations for the preparation of technological maps and the calculation of the cost of livestock products in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the System of Agriculture in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). It is calculated that the area of ecologically clean hayfields in this zone will be 19,000 hectares, which will make it possible to obtain 42,250 tons of high-quality hay; ecologically clean juicy fodder will be available from an area of 53 651 hectares; the area of pastures where organic farming will be introduced in Central Yakutia will amount to 93,054 hectares.