Lupin

Because the white lupin could not be cultivated for a long time due to the fungal disease anthracnose, much knowledge about its cultivation has been lost. The new varieties FRIEDA and CELINA, which are tolerant to this disease, are boosting the cultivation of this protein supplier again. For this reason, Deutsche Saatveredelung AG (DSV) has initiated exact trials on production technology measures, the results of which are summarised here.

Do the existing alkaloid rules for lupins in pig feed also apply to the new varieties of white lupin? This was investigated by the Saxony-Anhalt State Research Centre and the North Rhine-Westphalia Chamber of Agriculture. Below, the results are being presented by the authors.

Protein sources for the cows‘ rations are completely derived from domestic and Obtaining GMO-free sources and thus feeding physiologically but also economically well: a challenge for dairy farmers. Through innovative technology, it is now possible to produce a protein feed that contains only domestically produced ingredients and is competitive with conventional products. It consists of rapeseed extraction meal and lupine. Our editors have examined both the production and the practical use of this product.

The search for suitable protein sources for use in cattle feed is being intensified by a number of factors, including the general climate-related feed shortage, the increasing demands of the food retail trade for GMO-free products, the reduction of soybean meal in feed rations and the rising costs for protein components such as rapeseed meal. The following looks at the nutritional value of the white lupin.

White lupin is an indigenous grain legume that offers high levels of protein and a favourable composition of amino acids along with a high yield potential. Yet farmers stopped growing white lupin in the mid nineteen nineties when the fungal disease anthracnose was rampant. Anthracnose is caused by the fungus Colletotrichum lupini, which is primarily transmitted by seeds. The disease can lead to total crop failure in appropriately conducive, especially wet, weather. However, with the approval of the first anthracnose-tolerant variety FRIEDA this year, the queen of protein is making its comeback.