Lucerne offers multiple benefits to feed and soils

摘要

One Shropshire farm is experimenting with lucerne in the hope it will bring equal benefits to cow diets, feed costs and soil health, as Aly Balsom reports.For dairy farmer David Hares, planting lucerne as a third forage crop has the potential to build in protection against drought, give soils a boost and provide a high protein, high fibre feed for cows.