Ladino clover is a giant form of white clover. It originates in northern Italy in the Lombardy “marcite” (flooded meadows). Establishment sowing must be effected by interseeding cereal or it can be sown as a single specie in areas where it is used as irrigated pasture. In this case sowing rate is 5-10 Kg/ha. This species thrives in light alluvional soils where abundant water is available for irrigation. It can yeld 6 to 8 cuts per year, amounting to 10-13 Mt/ha of high nutritional value hay, whith a protein content of 17-20%. The recommended cutting time is when the first flowers tend to get brown. It is used in intercropping to establish permanent meadows. 

•  Mixture adaptation: good