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Feeding legumes to cattle

Description

Legumes can be a valuable part of a cattle feeding program. In fact, legumes can actually improve animal performance by encouraging intake, by providing greater feed efficiency and by fostering a better use of forage nitrogen content. Legumes can capture nitrogen from the air and use it for their own growth as well as for the benefit of other plants around them. The bacteria that inhabit root nodules trigger a chemical reaction to convert nitrogen gas into a form that is easily used by the plant.

Updated

March 1, 2003

Tags
alfalfa cattle feeds legumes livestock pasture and range feeds

Title and publication information

Type
Fact Sheet
Series Title

Agri-facts

Extent

3 pages

Frequency

Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development (1992-2006)

Contributor

Kopp, Juanita

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Topic
Agriculture

Resource Dates

Date Created

2003-03-01

Date Added

2016-01-07T15:57:56.556002

Date Modified

2003-03-01

Date Issued

2003-03-01

Audience information

Identifiers

AGDEX number

420/62-1

NEOS catalogue key

2673595

Usage / Licence

Contact

Contact Name

Agriculture and Forestry

Contact Email

duke@gov.ab.ca