Developing a UK Forage Soya for on-farm feeding to Dairy Cows

当进口大豆蛋白的价格和可获得性不是问题时，英国生产大豆蛋白在经济上是不可行的。然而，植物蛋白的经济状况最近发生了变化，美国和南非成功地种植了用于饲料的大豆，这可能会适应英国的生产。我们正在评估英国用于全作物饲料收获的非转基因大豆品系，从而使与晚熟、产量和收获有关的问题在更边缘的畜牧区得以克服。将避免反营养问题，促进直接在农场生产和使用，降低运输/加工成本。我们的目标是为种植者提供英国大豆生产的指导方针，以及种子和接种剂，供英国农民利用这一宝贵的蛋白质来源和剩余氮。我们的项目具有很高的创新性，将根据英国的情况开发新品种

When price and availability of imported soya protein was not an issue, UK production of soya protein was not economically viable. However the economics for vegetable protein have recently changed and soya production for forage is successfully grown in the US & S.Africa which could be adapted to enable UK production. We are evaluating non-GM soya lines for whole-crop forage harvesting in the UK thus allowing issues relating to late maturity, yield and harvesting to be overcome in more marginal livestock areas. Anti nutritional problems will be avoided, facilitating direct production and use on-farm with reduced transport/processing costs. We aim to provide growers with guidelines for production of Soya in th UK, as well as seed and inoculant for UK farmers to exploit this valuable protein source and residual Nitrogen. Our project is highly innovative and will develop new varieties for UK conditions