Lucerne is key source of home-grown protein

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Growing lucerne is allowing a Pembrokeshire dairy farm to be self-sufficient in protein and provide variety in the cow ration. Debbie James reports.With its high yield and high protein characteristics, lucerne has proved to be the ideal forage crop at Manor Farm, on the St Davids peninsula.The Jenkins family first grew the legume 20 years ago after a succession of dry summers compromised grass silage yields.