alfalfa
noun
al·fal·fa
al-ˈfal-fə 
: a deep-rooted leguminous perennial plant (Medicago sativa) of southwestern Asia that is widely grown for hay and forage
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Bees pollinate forage crops like alfalfa, which feed cows.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
In the past, organic gardeners had no choice but to use single material fertilizers such as blood meal, alfalfa meal or cottonseed meal.
—Maureen Gilmer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
Two particular crops used for cattle feed -- alfalfa and grass haze -- accounted for one-third of all the Colorado River's water.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024
The Imperial Irrigation District in far Southern California had been gearing up to begin a water conservation program next month that would pay farmers to temporarily stop watering crops such as alfalfa and wheat in an effort to save supplies.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The team is still processing data for lemon trees and alfalfa.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
Amend tired soil with 2-4 inches of fresh soil, 2 inches compost, and a combo of growth enhancing natural fertilizers such as worm castings, alfalfa, and kelp meal.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
The hard-scrabble, agricultural community produces alfalfa, lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli, corn, melons and citrus,
The city is fast becoming famous more another export: wrestlers.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
And Idaho, long famous for potatoes, is now America’s largest producer of alfalfa to feed the cows that supply the state’s huge cheese factories.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
In the past, organic gardeners had no choice but to use single material fertilizers such as blood meal, alfalfa meal or cottonseed meal.
—Maureen Gilmer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
Two particular crops used for cattle feed -- alfalfa and grass haze -- accounted for one-third of all the Colorado River's water.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024
The Imperial Irrigation District in far Southern California had been gearing up to begin a water conservation program next month that would pay farmers to temporarily stop watering crops such as alfalfa and wheat in an effort to save supplies.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The team is still processing data for lemon trees and alfalfa.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
Amend tired soil with 2-4 inches of fresh soil, 2 inches compost, and a combo of growth enhancing natural fertilizers such as worm castings, alfalfa, and kelp meal.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
The hard-scrabble, agricultural community produces alfalfa, lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli, corn, melons and citrus,
The city is fast becoming famous more another export: wrestlers.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
And Idaho, long famous for potatoes, is now America’s largest producer of alfalfa to feed the cows that supply the state’s huge cheese factories.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
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alfalfa
noun
al·fal·fa
al-ˈfal-fə
: a deep-rooted southwest Asian plant of the legume family with purple flowers and leaves like clover that is widely grown for hay and forage
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