There are presented the historical stages of developing forage production under severe conditions of Narym. In the paper are used the archival documents, reports from the Siberian Taiga Station, Tiskinskoe and Chainskoe Test Fields, Parabelskaya Experiment Station, Vasyuganskiy Base Station, Narym North Comprehensive Agricultural Station, Narym State Breeding Station (now Narym Department of the Siberian Research Institute of Agriculture and Peat). There are named the scientists who contributed significantly to the formation and development of forage production in Narym. There are given the key research results in field forage production by the Narym State Breeding Station. There were carried out investigations on comparative productivity of fodder crops under conditions of the north of Tomsk Region. The maximum (52.3 t/ha) yield of forage root crops was obtained when applied jointly organic and mineral fertilizers. The maximum yield in the experiments made up 68.0 t/ha of roots and 36.5 t/ha of leafy tops, which was equal to 13.6 t/ha of fodder units. The greatest economic effect was obtained when applied mineral fertilizers. There was carried out the variety trial of different maize varieties and hybrids for silage purposes. There was studied the collection material received from the N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry.