HIGH QUALITY ALFALFA

The alfalfa plant or medical grass belongs to the family of Leguminosae. The Arabic name “alfalfa” means father of all food. The alfalfa plant has been generally used as food for herbivorous and ruminant animals. It is an excellent nourishment for bovines and milk-producing cows.

Alfalfa is one of the most well known and widely used forage crops in the world. Its high yield and quality allow it to be used in feeding programs for many different types of livestock. Alfalfa is a plant rich in proteins, minerals and vitamins. It enriches the soil with nutrients that are an indispensable factor in the health and wellbeing of the animals that eat it.
The versatility of alfalfa makes it useful in many operations and could also potentially be used in beef cattle operations as a feed for animals with high nutrient requirements, such as lactating cows or backgrounded calves.

Compared to other kinds of forages medical grass has some important peculiarities:

• Protein which help, in determining the every day ration, a reduced need of fodd with concentrated proteins: “soia” ,” glutine “, various kinds of “semole” and so on...
• A moderate quantity of fibre ( NDF) which enable to elevate the amount of forage in the every day ration without compromising the digestion of the animal
• A high “tap effect” due to “lignina” and “pectina” both present in the grass which, during rumination, contribute towards the presence of PH favourable to the growth of micro-organisms useful to a better synthesis of the milk
• Organic calcium, b-Carotene, colina, vitamine E which give an important role in the productive process.