In 2017, an experiment in the field of UKC Pohorski dvor, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences in Hoče was caried out, where Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) and Meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds.) were dried on the ground.Our objectives were tofind the differences in dynamics of ground drying between grasses and legumes and the impact of temperature and humidity on that process. The experiment was performed in two terms (17th May 2017–19thMay 2017 and 29th May 2017–2 nd Juny 2017). The resultsof the dry matter comparison between plants had shown only partially statistically significant differencesin dynamics of ground drying grasses and legumes, while the data indicatethat with a temperature dropand a simultaneous increase inrelative humidity,the drying processis sloweddown.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 4585004In the field of the UKC Pohorski dvor, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences in Hoče, an experimentwas carried out in 2017, where Cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) and Italian Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) were dried on the ground. The purpose of the diploma thesis was to determine whether there are differences in the dynamics of drying between them depending on the development phase in which the grass was located (overgrowth, initial branching, full branching oz. flowering) and on environmental factors (temperature and precipitation) during harvesting and drying .Harvesting and drying was carried out in two terms (17th May 2017 to 19th May 2017 and 29th May 2017 to 2nd June 2017). An analysis of the dry matter content of the plants after the rotation showed, that the Cocksfoot had dried faster than the Italian Ryegrass, regardless of the development phase in which it was located. The drying dynamics of the studied plant species are alsostrongly influenced by the climatic conditions.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 4614444In the year 2018, a team at the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences in Hoče did a research paper, in which the effect of management manner on grassland and the effect of different harvesting procedures on the quality of fodder were analyzed. In the Podravje region, 30 surveys on 30 farms we carried out, and we took examples of the fodder. With the survey, we collected information about management manners on meadows and grasslands, the type and the amount of fertilizers used, the fertilizing method, the number of grass cuttings and the fodder harvesting or drying method. During the vegetation phases of the plants in May, June and July, examples of farmed fodder from the first and the second grass cutting from selected farms were collected. The collected examples were analyzed via NIR at the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia. With spectrums and the use of the general measurement formula, the raw proteins content, raw fibre content, NDF, ADF, ash content and raw fat content in the examples of fodder were evaluated. Based on the information about the chemical structure and gas volume, we calculated the net energy value, with the official German regression formula. No significant differences in the collected feed samples of the selected parameters of feed quality, in terms of number of cuts, successive mowing, presence of precipitation and number of grassland turns were found. Only the mowing time significantly affected the amount of raw protein in the feed. The fodder mown in the evening contains more raw protein than the fodder mown in the morning.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 4597292In the year 2017 the team within project »Technological Solutions for Cultivation of Quality Hay« on the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia finished two experiments in the Northeast of Slovenia.The experiments were based on analysing the effects of technological proceedings in hay curing on losses and fodder quality.Samples of the fodderwere collectedand the losses and quality of fodder inboth experimentswere evaluated.Inthe first experiment, which was carried outon two surfaces (grasses were developed onthefirst surface, and theother developed leguminosae), the influence of botanical compositionwas being checked. On the permanent grass inthe secondexperimentinfluence of working speed and number of rotations of working machines on losses and qualitywas being checked. The results from the first experiment showed statistically characteristic differences considering the dominant plants in losses and quality of fodder. Thedifferent working speeds and numbers of rotationsin the second experimentinfluenced theparameter of quality characteristically, but notthelosses infodder. The net energy value wasproducedat smaller rotations and smaller working speeds higherthan at larger rotations and working speeds.
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