Legumes, like red and white clover, capture nitrogen from the air and convert it into a plant available form, increase forage quality, and help to manage tall fescue toxicosis. Since red clover is a ...

Research conducted by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station using a red clover extract in feed shows promise in offsetting some of the adverse effects of tall fescue toxicosis in livestock, a ...

Add legumes to grazing pastures to improve cow performance, soil health and forage production, says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist in Cedar County. Now is the ...

Protein-rich red clover is allowing a Welsh beef farm to finish cattle at pasture with no supplements. Debbie James finds out more. Monmouthshire beef farmers Mark and Elizabeth Egerton are achieving ...

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Red clover may tick boxes for sheep producers when it comes to finishing lambs and fixing nitrogen, but it can have a negative effect on the fertility of breeding ewes. To understand better the ...

Often, a pasture or hay field has an adequate stand of grass but lacks clover. The absence of a legume results in poor growth and vigor of the grass stand unless regular applications of nitrogen are ...

Welsh researchers are hopeful of breeding a disease-resistant variety of red clover which will extend the crop’s productive lifespan. Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental ...