Global Alfalfa Market Analysis 2022
The Global Alfalfa Market is expected to reach $40.47 billion by 2028 growing at a CAGR of 9.3% from 2021 to 2028. Alfalfa is a flowering plant that belongs to the pea family, cultivated as a forage crop across various specific parts of the world. Alfalfa plants contain vitamins such as A, B1, B6, C, E, and K. It also contains minerals such as strontium, manganese, chlorine, calcium, boron, nickel, and sodium. Therefore, it is expected to find increased usage in medicines globally. In the agriculture industry, the Alfalfa flowering plant is a key legume. It is used in some regions for hay, silage, feeding, chaff, and others. Alfalfa provides high-quality supplements as compared to other plants used as fodder.
Factors such as growing demand for roughage in livestock feed, increasing high quality hay demand for increasing milk production in dairy cattle, and increased demand for nutritious animal feed are driving the growth of the market. However, gap between demand and supply of cattle feed is restraining the growth of the market.
Based on distribution channel, the direct segment is anticipated to witness the fastest CAGR growth during the forecast period, as the cattle farm owners and poultry farm owners prefer to buy from original sources to make sure that animals and birds domesticated by them would get the right kind of food as well as the right amount, which has contributed towards the segment’s growth in the global market.
The key vendors mentioned are Border Valley, Los Venteros S.C., Al Dahra ACX Global, Inc., Anderson Hay & Grain Inc., Haykingdom Inc., SL Follen Company, Cubeit Hay Company, McCracken Hay Company, Accomazzo Company, Alfalfa Monegros S.L., Barr AG Ltd., Hay USA Inc., Oregon Hay Products Inc., Standlee Premium Products LLC, Mitsubishi Corp., and Green Prairie International Inc.
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