Silage alternatives give milk production a boost.

Reports on the use of silage alternatives in increasing milk production of cows in Great Britain as of April 2005. Average increase in milk production when replacing ryegrass silage with mixtures of red clover and maize silage according to Richard Dewhurst of the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research; Information on a study funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regarding the effects of legumes on nitrogen excretion; Comparison of nitrogen-use efficiency and grass silage.