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

当进口大豆蛋白的价格和可得性不是问题时，英国生产大豆蛋白在经济上是不可行的。然而，植物蛋白的经济效益最近发生了变化，用于饲料的大豆生产在美国和南非成功种植，这可以适应英国的生产。我们正在评估非转基因大豆品系在英国的全作物饲料收获，从而允许在更边缘的畜牧业地区克服与晚熟、产量和收获有关的问题。避免了营养不良的问题，促进了农场的直接生产和使用，同时降低了运输/加工成本。我们的目标是为种植者提供指导方针生产大豆在英国，以及种子和接种剂为英国农民利用这一宝贵的蛋白质来源和残余氮。我们的项目是高度创新的，将开发适合英国条件的新品种

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