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Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.

A nectareous perennial forage plant for fodder

  • Fast growth and rapid regrowth
  • 2-3 cuts a year
  • Average hay yield – 8 t/ha
  • DM yield potential – 14 t/ha
  • The seed yield from the second cutting can reach 800-1200-1500 kg/ha
  • 1000 seeds weight – 20.0-22.0 g
  • Good drought tolerance
  • Good winterhardiness
  • Feed is rich in proteins, vitamins and other valuable nutritional components
  • The fodder is of particularly good quality in the second and third years of cultivation
  • Typical results of silage analysis: 14 % DM, crude protein – 18 %, digestibility (D-value) – 62, energy value (ME) – 9.5 MJ
  • Can be grown alone or mixed with other crops such as alfalfa
  • Excellent as a substitute for alfalfa in hilly areas
  • Especially recommended as dietary feed in the form of fresh mass for young cattle, especially ruminants
  • Unlike red clover, when used even in the early stages of development, even a moist fresh mass, sainfoin does not cause flatulence in ruminants
  • Improves the taste of cow's milk and its butter
  • Can be used in pig feed as a more digestible component
  • Seeds, as a protein-rich component, are often used in horse feed instead of oats
  • Medicinal plants because contain phenolic, flavonoid compounds
  • For animals, it is a natural anti-helminthic plant
  • Nectareous plants, good pre-crop
  • Restores soil fertility during cultivation for 2-3 years
  • Thanks to a well-developed root system, it perfectly stops soil erosion, can be grown at slopes
  • Grows well in calcareous, not necessarily fertile soils, as well as in sandy or gravelly areas
  • It also grows on clay soils, but does not tolerate waterlogging

The varietal parameters may differ from those indicated here when the testing circumstances differ from quondam


Recommended sowing rate: 60-80 kg/ha

Recommended sowing rate when growing for green manure: 70-90 kg/ha