Germany: LfL researches green legumes

The sometimes extreme drought in recent years and the need for high-quality protein feed pose challenges for farmers. Domestic forage plants such as alfalfa and new harvesting techniques for leaf harvest can be a solution here. Lucerne leaves in pig feeding In the research project "Grünlegum" of the Bavarian State Agency for Agriculture (LfL), which was funded by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food and carried out in cooperation with the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University and other partners, the focus was on green legumes. Green legumes such as alfalfa and red clover offer a high yield as a forage plant with a high protein and mineral content at the same time. Your leaves can therefore also be used in concentrated feed mixtures of z. B. pigs are used. The aim here is as high as possible a protein concentration of more than 30% in the dry matter. The use of alfalfa leaves in particular, but also red clover leaves, can be of interest for ecological pig feeding. The harvest ...