Alfalfa is in the same plant family as peas, beans and clover. It is also known as legumes hay. This is one of the best sources to provide fiber and a rich source of minerals and vitamins, it also contains up to 22% of crude protein. Alfalfa is used to feed several animals, including horses, cattle, chickens, turkey and sheep. Feeding animal’s alfalfa hay helps produce better wool, meat, milk and other products. People who own farm animals know the importance of this hay. There is a big demand for Alfalfa hay in all over the world.
Alfalfa has been cultivated for fodder for horses for over 2000 years originating from Iran and then spreading across the world as Persians, Greeks and Romans expanded their empires and took their horses and their feed with them. There is a reason alfalfa is still used for feeding to horses today and that’s because it is safe and nutritious.