Alfalfa does best on soils with fine to medium textures that are moderately to well ... Flower is commonly purple but may vary among shades of white, yellow and purple. Deep taproot. Hay, silage and ...

Cows and hay. Industrial-scaleCalifornia agriculture ... Then it’s time to plant something else. Maybe alfalfa.

However, during extended periods of dry weather alfalfa growth is reduced and flowering may occur on short, stunted plants. Cutting during these stressful periods does not weaken alfalfa plants or ...

It specifically focused on two water-intensive crops: alfalfa and hay. Farmers and ranchers are ... which is paying agriculture producers to not grow crops and conserve water.

Of that, 80 percent goes to alfalfa and hay that primarily feed cattle. “When you look at the specifics of agriculture, there’s just one major, big source [irrigated livestock feed crops] for ...