Lucerne
Lucerne harvest
Lucerne feed
Lucerne crop
Designing legume cropping systems for pollinators and production
Crop rotations with and without legumes: a review
Comparison of grass and legume silages for milk production. 1. Production responses with different levels of concentrate
Milk production from silage: comparison of grass, legume and maize silages and their mixtures
Feeding lucerne to dairy cows
Outcome The inclusion of lucerne in a grass or maize-based forage ration reduces the need for feeding high protein rapeseed and/or soybean meal to high-performance dairy cows. The beneficial effect depends on the protein content of the grass or maize silage...
Harvesting and storing lucerne
Outcome Attention to detail results in a good balance between yield and nutritional quality as affected by the stage of maturity. This also supports crop persistence and helps reduce weed invasion. Harvesting lucerne Harvesting lucerne is different to...
Growing lucerne in cool climates
Successful production of lucerne delivers high yields of protein without the use of fertiliser nitrogen. With care, it can be grown successfully in cool, temperate, oceanic climates when attention is given to establishment and management of the crop (See...
Lucerne in north-western Europe
Outcome Lucerne is a high protein forage legume that has great potential as a forage feed for dairy and beef cattle and sheep. However, the combination of cool conditions and naturally acidic soils in the wetter parts of the British Isles is generally not...
The market of grain legumes in the EU
Introducing legumes into European cropping systems: farm-level economic effects
This article is one out of 15 book chapters. All chapters of the book are available on the Hub. Preissel, S., Reckling, M., Bachinger J. and Zander, P. (2017). Introducing legumes into European cropping systems: farm-level economic effects. In: Murphy-Bokern, D.,...
Mixtures of legumes for forage production
This article is one out of 15 book chapters. All chapters of the book are available on the Hub. Ćupina, B., Mikić, A., Krstić, Ð., Vujić, S., Zorić, L., Ðorđević, V. and Erić, P. (2017). Mixtures of legumes for forage production. In: Murphy-Bokern, D., Stoddard, F....
Lucerne (Alfalfa) in European cropping systems
This article is one out of 15 book chapters. All chapters of the book are available on the Hub. Julier, B., Gastal, F., Louarn, G., Badenhausser, I., Annicchiarico, P., Crocq, G., Le Chatelier, D., Guillemot E. and Emile, J.-C., (2017). Lucerne (alfalfa) in European...
Legume-based green manure crops
This article is one out of 15 book chapters. All chapters of the book are available on the Hub. Baddeley, J., Pappa, V., Pristeri, A., Bergkvist, G., Monti, M., Reckling, M., Schläfke, N. and Watson, C. (2017). Legume-based green manure crops. In: Murphy-Bokern, D.,...
Grain legumes: an overview
This article is one out of 15 book chapters. All chapters of the book are available on the Hub. Stoddard, F. (2017). Grain legumes: an overview. In: Murphy-Bokern, D., Stoddard, F. and Watson, C. (Eds.). Legumes in cropping systems. CABI.
Legume crops and biodiversity
This article is one out of 15 book chapters. All chapters of the book are available on the Hub. Everwand, G., Cass, S., Dauber, J., Williams, M. and Jane Stout (2017). Legume crops and biodiversity. In: Murphy-Bokern, D., Stoddard, F. and Watson, C. (Eds.). Legumes...
Protein crops for Scotland
Inoculating legumes
Biological nitrogen fixation in legumes
Legumes are the most important hosts of biological nitrogen fixation in terrestrial ecosystems, especially agricultural ecosystems. Nitrogen fixed by legumes is an alternative to synthetically-fixed nitrogen in fertilisers. Because of BNF, introducing legumes...