Factors influencing the start of agricultural activities on podzol soils

The article is dedicated to a comprehensive study of the influence of various factors on the timing of sowing and the yield of agricultural crops grown on reclaimed podzol soils in the central part of the Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation. The author emphasizes the losses in alfalfa yield that depend on deviations of its planting dates from the optimal ones on podzol soils in the Moscow region (OMP Dubna). The study also examines the characteristic problems associated with the ineffective operation of the drainage network functioning in OMP Dubna during the spring period after precipitation. Keywords: PODZOL SOILS, DRAINAGE, SOIL MOISTURE, CROP ROTATION, SOWING DATES, ALFALFA