The causes of the disposal of the animals and the main milk productivity indices of cows having different genotypes depending on the method of housing and technology of milking have been analyzed. For all the evaluated periods the animals which were milked with a robotic system in the free stall barn surpassed the cows which were kept on a leash and milked into the pipeline with the help of milking machines. Along with this, in the cows kept in the free stall barn the limb diseases caused culling more often than in other groups of animals under study.

In State Dairy Farming Academy of Vologda Abstract. The article deals with the effect of climatic conditions on growth, developlment and yield of spring triticale varieties in the conditions of the Vologda region. The research was carried out on the following varieties: Scallop, Norman, Ukro, and Amigo. In the research the dates corresponding to the beginning of phenological phases of triticale growth and development have been revealed, yield structure elements and grain quality indices have been defined.

The article is devoted to the actual problem of the usage of agricultural lands located within the Russian industrial territories contaminated by aluminum industry. Due to the monitoring research findings in the system “soil - fodder - milk” (area of contamination - the Krasnoyarsk aluminum smelter OJSC “RusalKrasnoyarsk”) the content of water-soluble fluorine in the plough layer of soils, awnless brome herbage and hay and in wild grasses. The foundations for restrictions concerning the agricultural usage within the contaminated area were determined was estimated.

The article presents the results of the season dependence on the somatic cells quantity in black-and-white cow’s milk according to the milking technology.