Cover crops for fodder

Implementation

Short term

Sustainability components

  • GHG emissions
  • Air quality
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Biodiversity
  • Animal welfare
  • Economic
  • Social
  • Technical feasibility

Climate risk region

Atlantic
Atlantic

Weather event addressed

Drought

Farming system

ANIMALS
Animals

Description of the measure

Cover crops for fodder

Comments on sustainability

The implementation a catch crop can be an opportunity to produce fodder to build up a stock and compensate for a drop in the production of the fodder surfaces of the farm.