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Compendium on Fodder Production. The 5-th edition updated and supplemented / Edited by V.M. Kosolapov and I.A. Trofimov. - Russian Agricultural Academy Press, 2014. - 717 p. The new Compendium on Fodder Production is updated and supple­ mented edition, prepared on the fourth issue basis. Fodder production - is the most scale and multifunctional branch o f agriculture, which integrates plant industry and animal husbandly, farming agriculture, ecology and rational na­ ture management. The Compendium aims to provide easy-to-use guidance on many research areas, including biological, ecological, and economic charac­ teristics of the basic crops o f haylands and pastures, information about nature grasslands, meadow and field fodder production, seed multiplication of pe­ rennial grasses, the forage crops protection of weeds, pests and deceases, feed processing, preservation and utilization, mechanization o f fodder production and rational nature management. Grasslands of Russia occupies the acreage about 92 min ha (out of them the share of pastures - is 68 min ha and hayl­ ands - is 24 min ha); they stretch at all natural zones o f the Russian Federa­ tion. The total reserve of feeds on the grasslands is 60-80 min t on a dry mat­ ter. On the base of approaches and technologies, improving growth and prop­ agation of the valuable crop species, they conduct a surface enriching of haylands and pastures on the preserved old seeded and natural grass stands without plowing and reseeding. As a result the yield ability increases in more than 1,5-2 times. Radical improvement of grasslands suspects the establish­ ment of seeded grass stands on the base of regionized breeding varieties and provides increase yield in 2-3 and more times. The field fodder production is directed on perfection the specific and varietal structure of crops, disposition them in seed rotation system; on extension for optimal agro-technical para­ meters the sowing areas with legumes and high-protein oily crops. It will al­ low reducing the feed protein deficit and will promote the solving of this problem in the perspective. Increase the volume of fodders manufacture is not the only aim o f fodder production as the agricultural branch. Fodder pro­ duction provides stability o f agrolandscapes, rational nature management and besides, improves ecology. Key words: plant cultivation, natural grasslands, forage crops, mea­ dows, field forage production, breeding, seed production, harvesting, storage, use o f feeds. 7 1 1