Section 8 Table of Contents

Table 1.8-1

Table 1.8-1. Chemical composition of legumes and legume-grass mixtures at advancing stages of maturity.
Brief description Chemical composition Relative
feed value
% (DM basis)
CP ADF NDF
CP = crude protein, ADF = acid detergent fiber, NDF = neutral detergent fiber
Mostly grass, head <8 >45 >61 <75
Legume, full bloom <50% grass, head 8–10 43–45 61–65 75–86
Legume, full bloom <40% grass, head 11–13 41–42 54–60 87–102
Legume, mid-bloom <30% grass, early head 14–16 36–40 47–53 103–124
Legume, early bloom <20% grass, vegetative 17–19 31–35 40–46 125–151
Legume, prebloom >19 <31 <40 >151