Alfalfa or Medicago Sativa is a blue or purple flower-producing plant, flowering mostly in California during summer. Learn about its nutritional value and potential health benefits.

Alfalfa plant, which is botanically known as medicago sativa, is a perennial legume plant rich in nutrients and crucial for livestock feed. It contains and provides high-protein hay, silage, and ...

With alfalfa being one of the most important forage crops on the farm and feed prices on the rise, it’s critical to ensure your stand is harvested in a timely manner to maximize quality while ...

Read “The beauty of alfalfa“ in Minnesota Crop News for photos showing alfalfa flowers and an understanding of why alfalfa blooms in a variety of colors. TAGS: alfalfa, ...

The romance between bees and flowers is not always gentle. Alfalfa flowers, for instance, can be brutal. Last week Dr. Ephraim Hixson of the University of Nebraska was trying to make alfalfa ...

By the time the alfalfa bloom is over, an estimated 40 million alkali bees will have dipped into the plant’s flowers, he added. While searching for flowers to pollinate, the bees fly only 1 to 3 ...

While the alfalfa will only be on the ISS for six weeks, Lewis said it may take up to 10 months for NASA to give him the plants back. The Final Frontier Plant Habitat cost around $2.3 million.