50 ha. These plants are an ideal feed crop that shows excellent results in fattening dairy cows. In Russia, sorghum is grown only 4 farms, including the Golden Niva.

Sorghum in appearance resembles corn, but unlike it, it has high brown corollas. It was not just called sugar, because the sugar content in the stems of this crop is higher than that of cane or sugar beets.

The green mass of sorghum goes to silage, which stores about 15% glucose during the winter. The favorite food for sorghum and corn is beginning to be cooked right on the field. Both crops are planted next door, and the combine mixes them when harvesting in equal proportions.

According to Roman Balabaev, the manager of the dairy complex of Zolotaya Niva LLC, sugar sorghum has a high yield. Compared to silage corn, sorghum is twice as high.

With crop rotation, sorghum shows the best results. It is called natural phytosanitary because it removes excess salt from the ground.

Farm silos are filled every day. When the container comes from the field, it brings 25 tons of a useful mixture of corn and sorghum. It is tamped and rolled. It turns out a kind of preservation for the winter, which is so loved by cows that respond to care with high milk yields.