Maize and beans – Organic roughage with benefits?

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{Tool} Maize and beans – Organic roughage with benefits? [Mais-Bohne – Öko Raufutter mit MehrWert?] Creator(s): Böhm, Herwart. Issuing Organisation(s): Thünen Institute. OK-Net EcoFeed-selected tool. (2016)

HTML - German/Deutsch
25kB

Online at: https://www.thuenen.de/en/topics/plant-production/leguminosenanbau-staerken/mais-bohne-oeko-rauhfutter-mit-mehrwert/

Summary

The tool shows that it is possible to grow maize and beans together to produce a high-protein feedstuff. The German video demonstrates relay planting, manual harvesting and processing of the product.

Summary translation

Das Tool zeigt, dass es möglich ist, Mais und Bohnen zusammen anzubauen, um ein proteinreicheres Futter zu produzieren. Das Video zeigt die Aussaat als Relaycropping, die Handlese und die Verarbeitung des Produkts.

EPrint Type:

Practice tool

Teaser:

Growing maize and beans intercropped for high-protein forage.

What problem does the tool address?:

Silage is generally too low in protein to feed pigs

What solution does the tool offer?:

The tool demonstrates growing maize and beans together to create forage with a better protein content.

Country:

Germany

Type of Practice Tool:

Video

Keywords:

animal husbandry, beans, corn maize, maize, faba beans, processing, whole crop silage, roughage

Agrovoc keywords:

Language	Value	URI
English	animal husbandry	http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8532
English	beans	http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_331566
English	maize	http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_12332
English	faba beans	http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10722
English	processing	http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6195
English	whole crop silage	http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24915

Subjects:

Animal husbandry > Feeding and growth
Food systems > Processing, packaging and transportation
Animal husbandry > Production systems > Pigs

Research affiliation:

European Union > Horizon 2020 > OK-Net EcoFeed
European Union > Horizon 2020 > OK-Net EcoFeed > Selected tools
Germany > Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries - VTI > Institute of Organic Farming - OEL