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The effect of replacing grass silage with pea/wheat bi-crops in dairy cow diets on feed intake, concentrate utilization and milk production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

A.T. Adesogan ,
M.B. Salawu  and
R.J. Dewhurst
A.T. Adesogan
Affiliation:
Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 3AL, UK
M.B. Salawu
Affiliation:
Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 3AL, UK
R.J. Dewhurst
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB, UK
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One of the ways by which UK farmers can maintain profitability in the current low milk price climate is to increase home-grown forage utilization in livestock diets. Previous work has shown that pea/wheat bi-crops are energy and protein rich forages that give higher intakes and nitrogen (N) retention than grass silage but only marginal improvements in milk production (Adesogan et al., 2000). This study determined whether the milk response from such bi-crops could be improved by using a short-straw pea variety instead of the conventional tall straw variety.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 3
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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Adesogan, T.A., Salawu, M.B. and Deaville, E.R. (2000) The effect of proportion of peas to wheat and harvest date on the voluntary feed intake, in vivo digestibility and nitrogen retention of pea-wheat bi-crop silages by sheep. Proceedings of the Winter Meeting of the British Society of Animal Science, Scarborough Google Scholar