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Farm Trends Alfalfa Crop Farmers allows you to target individuals who own and operate alfalfa farms across the country. Many farm owners and operators have years of experience with running town farms and working in the agricultural industry. Farmers are responsible for feeding the world, through the production of grains, produce, dairy, eggs, and meat. The job is challenging and physically demanding.
Alfalfa is an important forage crop. Alfalfa is widely grown as forage for cattle, and is most often harvested as hay, but can also be made into silage or grazed. Alfalfa has the highest feeding value of all common hay crops. Alfalfa has a high protein content and is an easily digestible fiber. Because of its use for cattle feed, alfalfa has become the most harvested agricultural legume in the world. Alfalfa can also be used to feed horses, sheep, and goats. Aside from being processed into hay and forage, alfalfa is also used in homeopathic medicines due to its healing effects.
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Irrigated
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Acreage:
1-9
10-24
25-49
50-99
100-249
250-499
500-999
1000-2499
2500-4999
5000+
Type of Ownership:
Individual
Government
Small Business
Corporation
Partnership
Agriculture imposes external costs upon society through pesticides, nutrient runoff, excessive water usage, and assorted other problems. There is increasing pressure on farm owners to use ecologically friendly techniques to raise crops and animals. Technological advancements help provide farmers with tools and resources to make farming more sustainable. These farm owners and operators are responsible for developing management strategies and methods to keep their farm productive, profitable, and eco friendly. In addition to producing crops, farm owners derive income from a number of additional sources, including selling produce and livestock, leasing fields to other farmers, and renting out their livestock or equipment.
Farm owners and operators purchase items such as farm equipment, fencing, cooling systems, feed systems, incubators, specialty lighting, janitorial supplies, veterinary supplies, clipper supplies, sprayers, gloves, scales, feed, vaccines, shop tools, livestock equipment, seed, fertilizer, waterers, storage facilities, machinery, camouflage clothing, pest control systems, outdoor work apparel, boots, utility vehicles, ATV’s, sprayers, mobile phones, two way radios, and farming and agriculturally focused publications.
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