Would chicory be a panacea for lamb farming?

In a comparative experiment, a Welsh farmer who kept 350 ewes and used intensive grazing found that adding the chicory plant to the pasture mixture significantly increased the weight gain of the selected lambs, their farming writes. The use of perennial chicory for this purpose in New Zealand already has extensive and many years of experience and will become increasingly popular in the UK, where sheep farmers are increasingly relying on intensive, rotational grazing systems. Comparative experiments by Welsh farmers on divided plots with different groups were also supported by the local government. The multi-species pasture mixture also improves soil structure and fertility. The importance of perennial chicory is given by its deeper penetrating roots and its much greater drought tolerance and carbon sequestration than ...