AMES, Iowa -- Kura clover has many characteristics that producers are looking for. The forage legume is persistent, winter-hardy, grazing-tolerant, and endures both drought and poor drainage. Kura ...

The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) in collaboration with IBERS, has sequenced and assembled the DNA of red clover to help breeders improve the beneficial traits of this important forage crop. The ...

Since World War II, the tiny wildflower has been sidelined as a weed and duly killed off by petrochemical herbicides designed for large-scale crop production and perfectly manicured lawns. But the ...

The continuing rise in concentrate and fertiliser prices has given renewed interest to growing alternative forages such as clover, brassicas and chicory. In this week's article I will concentrate on ...

Choosing between clover and alfalfa can shape the success of your lawn, pasture, or food plot. Both are nitrogen-fixing legumes that boost soil health and attract wildlife, but they differ in climate ...

But posing a question like that can stimulate serious debate about the qualities of the various food plot forages and whether you are doing what’s best for the deer on your land. And that, in the end, ...

WINTER cereal fertiliser bills can be cut by 25% if best use is made of forage break-crops, claims one college farm manager. Where winter wheat follows a break-crop of Italian ryegrass and red clover, ...

Researchers have sequenced and assembled the DNA of red clover to help breeders improve the beneficial traits of this important forage crop. Before industrial nitrogen fertiliser production (from ...

The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) in collaboration with IBERS, has sequenced and assembled the DNA of red clover to help breeders improve the beneficial traits of this important forage crop. The ...