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In the Peace River region, studies have shown multiple benefits of integrating perennial forage seed crops into cropping systems. Along with improved yield, profitability and climate resiliency, diversified cropping systems also increased soil organic carbon, enhanced nutrient efficiency, reduced weed density and disease levels and...
Benefits of a pea-cereal intercrop for forage production included nitrogen (N) fixation and transfer of fixed N from the pea to the cereal component while maintaining dry matter yields equivalent to a cereal monocrop. Intercropping pea with a cereal crop for forage production is gaining interest...
In the first season after winter bale grazing, forage yield at the grazing site was reduced by 68% compared to control plots, but no difference in the second season. Residual nitrate-N and Olsen P in the soil were also higher at the centre of the...
