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Alternative forages--back to the future
R J Merry1, R Jones, M K Theodorou
1Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Aberystwyth, UK.
Biologist (London, England)
|March 20, 2001
Abstract:
The BSE crisis, restrictions over export of UK beef and bans on animal-derived concentrate feeds are driving agriculture in the UK 'back' towards more sustainable, low input systems for feeding cattle and sheep using 'natural' home-grown forages. Research is in progress to answer some of the questions surrounding the use of protein- and energy-rich alternative forages as feeds for ruminants.