They were replaced by forage crops for dairy farming.
In 1874 he planted alfalfa, thirty years before this forage crop was popular elsewhere in the district.
It is widely used as a forage crop in Tunisia.
As an agriculturalist he published works on forage crops, alpine agriculture and pastoralism.
It is also grown as a forage crop for livestock.
It is a legume, grown as a forage crop.
But wheat is expensive and in short supply, dragging up prices for other forage crops.
Alfalfa was named for the primary forage crop grown there under irrigation.
Subterranean clover is one of the most commonly grown forage crops in Australia.
Horticulture is typical for the southern region with most of the sown area (more than 3/5) occupied by forage crops.