One of the main crops in autumn fodder mixtures. It is drought tolerant, high in protein and produces a high green mass with good yield security. Can be grown well in poor conditions with a leguminous stover.
Its main staple crops are rye, winter wheat and triticale. It produces very dense, intensive stands, excellent erosion control and is a very good weed suppressor. It develops a deep, dense root system, is drought resistant and a good winterizer.
It can be grown successfully in sandy soils as well as in clay loam. In unfavourable sandy soils, it is very effective when sown with cane. It is an important component of the Landsberg mixture ( 35% hairy vetch, 15% purple testicle, 50% Italian perch, 60 kg/ha ), which, in addition to providing early, high mass, high protein forage, is an excellent pre-sowing crop due to its nitrogen fixation.
Moja ya mazao makuu katika mchanganyiko wa malisho ya vuli. Ni ukame kuvumilia, juu katika protini na inazalisha kubwa kijani wingi na usalama mzuri wa mavuno. Inaweza kukua vizuri katika hali mbaya na stover leguminous. Mazao yake makuu ni rye, ngano ya majira ya baridi na triticale. Inazalisha miti mikubwa sana, yenye nguvu, kudhibiti uharibifu bora na ni mdhibiti mzuri sana wa magugu. Inakua na mizizi yenye kina kirefu, yenye unene, ni sugu kwa ukame na huhifadhiwa vizuri wakati wa majira ya baridi kali. Inaweza kukua kwa mafanikio katika udongo wenye mchanga na pia katika udongo wenye udongo. Katika udongo wenye mchanga usiofaa, ni yenye matokeo sana inapopandwa kwa miwa. Ni sehemu muhimu ya mchanganyiko wa Landsberg (35% ya nywele, 15% ya nywele, 50% ya perch ya Italia, 60 kg kwa hekta), ambayo, pamoja na kutoa mapema, wingi, chakula cha protini, ni mazao bora ya kabla ya kupanda kwa sababu ya uthibitisho wake wa nitrojeni.