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State three advantages of a mixed–grass legume pasture over a pure stand pasture

State three advantages of a mixed–grass legume pasture over a pure stand pasture.

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gideon
Grass-legume pasture has a higher nutritive value.
The yield of forage per unit area is higher in grass-legume pasture.
Higher soil fertility due to nitrogen fixation by legumes.
The grass-legume mixture is more palatable.
Helps to prevent total loss from pests/diseases.
There is economy in the use of nitrogen fertilizer as legumes fix nitrogen to the
soil.
Has better weed control effects.
There is better distribution of growth i.e. a mixture of early and late maturing
species can be included in the mixture.
gideon1 answered the question on November 1, 2017 at 08:24

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