Description
In recent years a new constraint, clover soil fatigue, has appeared for the establishment of white clover (Trifolium repens) in Denmark. Increasing dairy farm size has led to more intensive use of clover in crop rotation schemes in the grazing areas located at convenient distances from stables. It has become common practice to establish new clover/grass in the fields just after ploughing clover/grass swards, and soil fatigue is becoming more common. On fatigued land the clover plants emerge, then become stunted and eventually disappear within the same year. The problem tends to cover the full field area. Obviously, this is a major constraint since the importance of N-inputs derived from fixation is growing in Danish dairy farming.
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White Clover Soil Fatigue: An Establishment Problem on Large and Intensive Dairy Farms
In recent years a new constraint, clover soil fatigue, has appeared for the establishment of white clover (Trifolium repens) in Denmark. Increasing dairy farm size has led to more intensive use of clover in crop rotation schemes in the grazing areas located at convenient distances from stables. It has become common practice to establish new clover/grass in the fields just after ploughing clover/grass swards, and soil fatigue is becoming more common. On fatigued land the clover plants emerge, then become stunted and eventually disappear within the same year. The problem tends to cover the full field area. Obviously, this is a major constraint since the importance of N-inputs derived from fixation is growing in Danish dairy farming.
