flying over the field | haymaking dry grass | livestock feed

flight into music flying over the field haymaking dry grass livestock feed Grass-legume mixtures In humid-temperate areas, hay is often made from sown mixtures of grasses and clovers, and these are usually also used for grazing. The legume should, through biological nitrogen fixation, supply protein to the livestock and - both directly and thorough the faeces and urine of the grazing livestock - provide nitrogen to the companion grass. This presupposes that the legume is well established, nodulating vigorously with the appropriate Rhizobium, and present in large quantity. Legume seedlings are very susceptible to shade when young, as adequate photosynthesis is essential both for the growth of the plant and to supply the energy that the root-nodule bacteria require for N-fixation. At the establishment stage, the linear, sun-seeking leaves of grasses quickly shade young legumes unless grazing or other defoliation so manipulates the canopy that the legume is favoured. Trifolium repens, the comm