
Brassica & Forage Crops
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LUCERNE is a highly nutritious forage for livestock
It combines good digestibility with high protein, providing excellent milk yields and daily live weight gains
Lucerne is a highly nutritious forage for livestock. It combines good digestibility with high proteins providing excellent milk yields or daily live weight gains.
Well managed, this perennial crop can persist for up to 5 years and performs well in free-draining, drier environments due to tap roots. A more mature hay crop would be more suitable for feeding young stock.
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Sowing rate: 8-10kg/acre (20-25kg/ha). Drill at 5 - 12mm deep on normal soils or up to 25mm on light sandy soils.
Pack sizes: Available in pack sizes 25kg
Despite being a highly nutritious form of forage for livestock, lucernes are some of the most underrated and underutilised forage crops in the UK.
Although lucerne can be grazed, it is most useful as silage and is therefore well-suited to zero-grazing systems (fresh feeding) and for making silage.
Despite being a highly nutritious form of forage for livestock, lucernes are some of the most underrated and underutilised forage crops in the UK.
Although lucerne can be grazed, it is most useful as silage and is therefore well-suited to zero-grazing systems (fresh feeding...
Despite being a highly nutritious form of forage for livestock, lucernes are some of the most underrated and underutilised forage crops in the UK.
Although lucerne can be grazed, it is most useful as silage and is therefore well-suited to zero-grazing systems (fresh feeding) and for making silage.
Instantly download our Brassica & Forage Crops Guide for practical management advice.