Perennial Peanut - Today’s Premium Forage
March 7, 2008| |
The rhizome perennial peanut, Arachis glabrata, dubbed as the “Alfalfa of the South” has been developed to be more nutritious and efficient as a staple pasture and hay crop at a fraction of alfalfa’s cost. Working with other state and federal agencies, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has made it as a premium forage for the Gulf Coast.
Researchers' major breakthrough was to demonstrate the nutritional value of the perennial peanut to livestock, thus increasing its demand as a hay crop. They are now seeking solutions to adaptability problems that make A. glabrata uneconomical when planted for hay or pasturage in wetter soils, or in the region's more northern areas.
See the ARS release at http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2008/080303.htm
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