The mechanics of innovation: clover cultivation in Wales before 1750

Emery, F. V.

doi:10.1016/0305-7488(76)90152-3

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“…The common name for sainfoin ( Onobrychis viciifolia ) is derived from the French for “healthy” or “holy” hay (Kempf et al., ; Mueller‐Harvey, ), and sainfoin was a common forage crop for centuries in Europe and the Middle East with reports of use as early as the mid‐1500s (Chorley, ). The first scientific trials with sainfoin in the UK were conducted as early as 1668 (Emery, ). However, sainfoin use has been displaced in the last half‐century by alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ) and other forages.…”

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Sainfoin production in western Canada: A review of agronomic potential and environmental benefits

Sheppard¹,

Cattani

Ominski

et al. 2019

Grass and Forage Science

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Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) is a forage legume of renewed interest in western Canada, with equally weighted advantages and disadvantages. In agronomic attributes, sainfoin is, at best, equal in yield, crude protein content and persistence to alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Sainfoin is equally or more palatable than alfalfa to ruminants, with comparable levels of animal productivity per unit forage consumed. The advantages it has compared to alfalfa include the following: (a) mitigation of frothy bloat; (b) reduced ammonia emissions (more faecal nitrogen (N) and less urinary N); (c) equal or better N retention by ruminants; and (d) anthelmintic protection from intestinal parasites. These advantages may be attributed to the presence of condensed tannins (CT), in legumes such as sainfoin. Emphasis on agronomic characteristics in breeding programmes appears to have led to the inadvertent reduction in the efficacy of CT characteristics. Persistence of sainfoin appears to be dependent on minimal pressure from competing plants, harvest or grazing, and good growth conditions from mid‐summer into fall, allowing for adequate root reserves for survival. It is possible that judicious use of glyphosate in late season might lessen competition in that critical period as sainfoin is more glyphosate‐tolerant than alfalfa. Otherwise, sainfoin may be best considered a short‐lived forage and best adapted for early season harvest or grazing to eliminate the risk of bloat.

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