Birdsfoot Trefoil for Pasture: Non-Bloating Legume with Condensed Tannins
Learn why birdsfoot trefoil deserves a place in your pasture mix. This video covers how trefoil's condensed tannins prevent bloat, improve protein utilization, and boost animal gains—especially when paired with alfalfa. Dale Strickler explains the agronomics and longevity of trefoil in a grazing setting.
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0:03 One little thing again that I'd like to include in pasture mixers is this bird's foot trefoil. A bird's foot trefoil is a
0:14 Finds a lot of merit because it is a non-bloating ligament contains condensed tannins that will complex with the bloat.
0:21 Causing proteins. Not only is this non-loading that they've done researched it that shows that if about 10% or more of.
0:30 The diet is Birds victory for well the other 90% can be pre bloom alfalfa and the animals will not blow the the.
0:39 Condensed tannin in it, is that effective? The condensed tannins also will complex with the protein and turn it into bypass.
0:49 Protein or instead of being broken down by microbes in the rumen will go directly and get digested in the small intestine.
0:57 Intestine which is much more efficient for the animal. They will gain better on trefoil or a mixture of tree phloem and
1:18 As productive as alfalfa so we don't know even though it's very safe if you'd go straight trefoil you give up a lot of.
1:26 Production that's one reason I like to have diversity out there a little tree for a little alfalfa you get the best of.
1:33 Both worlds the safety plus they all thought the production so it does recede itself so it can live for a long time in.
1:41 A pasture setting even though the individual plants usually last 2 or 3 years the stand to last a long time if you if your grazing pressure is low enough that you allow it to recede.