Alfalfa compaction in Verona

Alfalfa, also called Spanish grass, or alfalfa ("fodder"), is a herbaceous plant belonging to the Fabaceae (or Leguminosae) family. Originally from south-western Asia, it is widespread in Italy mainly in Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Marche, Veneto, Calabria, Campania.

Fodder plant par excellence, it is used above all as a hay crop or to produce zootechnical flours through dehydration. Less frequently it is used with grazing and rarely for ensilage, a now obsolete practice. The use of fresh mown or grazed fodder requires particular precautions to prevent the onset of meteorism in ruminants: in general, the mowed grass is pre-withered or concentrates or fodder are pre-administered to the animals sent out to graze. However, these precautions are not necessary if the alfalfa is grown in association with a grass.

As fodder it represents the most used species among legumes as it has a high protein and vitamin content (carotenes) and the possibility of being preserved, generally, in the form of hay or flour.

KADANTPAAL machinery capable of treating Alfalfa waste (Alfalfa):

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KONTI
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