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Alfalfa is widely grown throughout the world as forage for cattle, and is most often harvested as hay, but can also be made into silage, grazed, or fed as greenchop. [23] Alfalfa usually has the highest feeding value of all common hay crops. It is used less frequently as pasture. [11]
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This process allows forage and roughage exporters to inspect and package the hay prior to shipping. In Australia, Oaten hay is the most common type of export hay. Alfalfa (also known as lucerne in Australia) is also grown for export hay, often under irrigation, and is the most common type of export hay in the U.S.
The classification in major or minor nectar sources is very dependent on the agricultural use of the land. An agricultural crop such as canola or alfalfa may be a major or minor source depending on local plantings. Generally, the more diverse a forage area is, the better for a stationary apiary.
The time for cutting alfalfa hay is ideally done when plants reach maximum height and are producing flower buds or just beginning to bloom, cutting during or after full bloom results in lower nutritional value of the hay. Hay can be raked into rows as it is cut, then turned periodically to dry, particularly if a modern swather is used. Or ...
The estimated value for alfalfa hay is about $8.1 billions. There are 23.6 million acres of alfalfa cut for hay with an average yield of 3.35 tons per acre. Alfalfa meal and cubes are exported to other countries with a value of $49.4 million to the U.S. economy. [12] Alfalfa is also important due to its high biomass production.
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is a perennial flowering plant and flower cultivated as a forage crop (alfalfa hay), foodstuff (alfalfa sprouts), and field nitrogen fixer in crop rotation. Alfalfa may also refer to:
Tree hay was most commonly harvested in the summer, possibly dried and stored until the hay was fed to the livestock in the winter. Cutting and drying methods varied per region, but a common practice was the bundling of 60 to 200 cm long twigs held together with twisted twigs of willow or hazel .