Principles and experiences of making standards for forage quality estimation

The task of these article is to pass on the routine knowledge which has been saved up for long years of work in the field of fodder production standardizing to young experts developing fodder quality standards. When standardizing feeds of plant origin, they take into account the peculiarities of the production of these types of feeds, the chemical composition of various types of plants, technology and methods of preparing feeds, and the requirements of livestock farming for the nutritional value of feeds. Based on this, general provisions for feed quality standardization, set out in the article, have been developed. The procedure for developing national standards is also shown.