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Reintroducing legumes can give producers a boost in re-establishing stands

Producers looking to keep their stands well-maintained may want to look at other methods such as introducing legumes in order to keep those fit.

Range Management Extension Specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Lynnae Ylinja talks about some of the benefits those can have for crops.

"Legumes are a really important component in perennial stands because they improve the quality of the feed and they also help meet fertility requirements of a stand because they fix nitrogen. But the decline in dying out of legumes over time and perennial stands is a really common challenge for producers and reestablishing a legume back into a stand can be quite difficult to do, and I think that many producers have maybe tried this with little success."

As a stand declines, producers can look 

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