How to Use alfalfa in a Sentence

alfalfa

noun

• In the last year, though, alfalfa prices reached record highs.
  — Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• The body is placed in a vessel along with wood chips, alfalfa, and straw.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 1 Oct. 2022
• Layers of straw, alfalfa and wood chips are placed above and below the body.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2022
• In the process, dairy cows were replaced by cotton and alfalfa.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
• The bacteria break down the walls of the stomach and intestines, so an elk can starve to death with a belly full of alfalfa.
  — oregonlive, 29 Jan. 2022
• Other late-season fields to check are soybeans with some pods still on the ground, and last year’s alfalfa and clover.
  — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 24 Jan. 2023
• The land belongs to Al Medvitz, who farms alfalfa and other crops on more than five square miles of land.
  — Kathleen Ronayne, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2022
• One of the three dishes in the set has tiny holes for sprouting radishes, broccoli, or alfalfa from seeds.
  — Michael Calore, Wired, 18 Nov. 2021
• The company grows alfalfa in Arizona to feed its cows in the Middle East.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• The greens in this powder come from powdered spinach, kale, alfalfa grass, and broccoli.
  — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 27 Mar. 2023
• The issue is to create a feedstock market for the grass (grains) and clover and alfalfa (legumes) that would grow on the off-year rotations.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
• The oats promise a fair yield, and it is expected that the alfalfa will furnish abundance of hay after the present year.
  — Sheila McCann, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
• The body is then put in the vessel, with another layer of straw, alfalfa and woodchips.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2022
• Some of the first carrot growers arrived in the 1980s, buying alfalfa fields.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• About 1,200 farms in the area grow grain and alfalfa, potatoes and onions with water from Upper Klamath Lake.
  — Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2021
• Just beyond the pristine temple grounds, tractors kick up clouds of dust in alfalfa and wheat fields.
  — Leah Sottile, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2022
• The team is still processing data for lemon trees and alfalfa.
  — The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
• Ranchers along the river divert water from the river to their fields to grow alfalfa for hay.
  — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• Two-thirds of Utah’s water is used to irrigate alfalfa and hay.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022
• Next, a layer of alfalfa is placed on the woodchips, which provides heat for the microbes, followed by a layer of straw.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2022
• Starting around 2019, the wind that gusts through the Sulphur Springs Valley would pick up loose grit from the thousands of acres of arid land that were being cleared to grow alfalfa.
  — Kyle Paoletta, The New Republic, 30 Oct. 2023
• Local farmers say that their wells have dried up since since an Emirati alfalfa farm moved in.
  — Anita Snow and Thomas MacHowicz, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2023
• McCarthy planned all the trees and shrubs on the property, which was once entirely alfalfa fields.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 1 Feb. 2023
• Despite his best efforts, his corn and alfalfa crops took a major hit.
  — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2021
• The Fullei Fresh alfalfa sprouts impacted by the recall have lot number 336.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2023
• In the Magic Valley, alfalfa has become one of the most important crops.
  — Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
• The bakuchiol firms and strengthens but the alfalfa extract smooths.
  — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
• An alfalfa farm that’s high on a bench or an orchard in the foothills, however, wouldn’t provide the same wetland value.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Dec. 2022
• Cook’s great-grandfather bought 130 acres from Shipley, settling on a farmstead that was home to cattle, sheep and hogs, and the grain, wheat and alfalfa that fed them.
  — Cara Nixon, oregonlive, 17 July 2023
• Rich and Mandy, who are in their mid-forties, still own hundreds of acres in the area, including the driveway that leads to Slate Ridge and an adjacent alfalfa field.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024