The article provides data review of relevant publications, presenting issue of current state of the dairy cattle breeding in Western Europe and Mountain Altai. The intensification of milk production and milk quota abolition weaken milk from mountain farms with regard to direct competition with milk produced on the plains. The consequence is the declining number of mountain farms in the Alps that has negative influence on the ecological and economic situation. There are difficulties in promotion dairy products in the market despite the fact that dairy products are produced in the mountains from grazing cows and have an increased biological value in human nutrition. As a mountain region, Altai Republic has dairy cattle breeding that developed successfully throughout the XX century similar to Swiss concept. However, in recent years the industry is also in crisis due to the low animal productivity and the high costs of fodder production and purchase. The article describes some ways to increase economic efficiency of the industry in the region, considering foreign experience and local specifics.
A study has been first made on the element composition of both the plants of six species, belonging to three families, growing in the Mountain Altai, and the samples of soil from their habitat using the method of X-ray fluorescence analysis, involving synchrotron radiation (SRXRF). The highest accumulation of macro- and microelements is typical of the representatives of Caragana of the Fabaceae family, the lowest content was recorded for the representatives of Potentilla and Sibiraea of the Rosaceae family. The amount of elements - Br, Y, Mo, Nb, Zr, Ti, Rb, Co, Sr, Fe, Ni and V varies within a wide range (Сmax/Cmin > 5), Mn, Cu and Pb - within small (1,5 < Сmax/Cmin < 2,5) and with very small (Сmax/Cmin < 1.5) range.
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