Features

Herb with wide soil adoption

Best suited for grazing

Can be preserved as hay

Best suited for soil conservation

Can be grown as a cover crop and fallow crop

Drought tolerant

High nutritive value and palatability

Good nitrogen fixation

Heavily browsed by deer

Method to grow

Soil : Wide range of soils from clay to gravel

Establishment : By seeds

Seed rate : 4 - 5 kg/ha

Fertilizer : 20 - 30 kg phosphorus/ha

Green fodder yield : 25 - 30 t/ha in 3 cuts

Nutritive value : Crude protein 12 - 25 % and digestibility 45 - 65 %