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Improvement of protein and energy supply in ruminants and monogastric animals by mixed cropping of maize with runner or scarlet runner beans
Project
Project code: 2813NA045
Contract period: 20.02.2015
- 31.12.2018
Budget: 23,695 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
In the future, the amount of on-farm or locally produced feedstuff should increase to ensure a sustainable protein supply for farm animals. The project deals with the potential of maize to be combined with runner or scarlet runner beans (Phaseolus vulgaris resp. P. coccineus) as an unknown on-farm based mixed cropping system. In maize provenance maizebean combinations are widely used for human nutrition, but studies concerning the use in animal nutrition are still lacking. The joint research project focuses on adapting and developing the mixed cropping system under German conditions with regard to production and the use of maize-bean-silage in cattle and pig feeding. The project has a clear interdisciplinary structure along the production chain and includes fodder production, ensilaging, determination of crude nutrients, an advanced feed assessment including secondary metabolites and digestibility, and the use of the new feedstuff in feeding trials.
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal nutrition
Framework programme
Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture (BÖLN)
