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 deer was in an alfalfa field and the caller was a passerby.
  — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2019
• The price of alfalfa had doubled — putting it out of reach for many.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2021
• The body is placed in a vessel along with wood chips, alfalfa, and straw.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 1 Oct. 2022
• This was a big fat deer that had been into the alfalfa.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 26 Dec. 2020
• The water to grow his corn and alfalfa fields comes from Lake Mead.
  — CBS News, 9 June 2021
• The captain decided to put the plane down in the alfalfa patch.
  — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2017
• The captain decided to put the plane down in the alfalfa patch.
  — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2021
• Shetland ponies stroll the grounds, wild ducks bob on the ponds and in the quiet mornings, elk come to graze the alfalfa.
  — John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2018
• To play it safe, ask for your sandwich with no alfalfa sprouts, and for the bean sprouts to be left off your pad Thai.
  — Rachel Meltzer Warren, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• Layers of straw, alfalfa and wood chips are placed above and below the body.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2022
• Much of the acreage has been used for years to grow corn, wheat, potatoes, alfalfa and other crops.
  — Sven Berg, idahostatesman, 4 May 2018
• In the process, dairy cows were replaced by cotton and alfalfa.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
• Armyworms are a threat to crops such as alfalfa and soybeans, as well as grass.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2021
• Pump jacks nod up and down in nearby fields of soybeans and alfalfa.
  — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
• To give plants an extra boost, add some fish, alfalfa or corn gluten meal.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 31 May 2021
• The geese will mostly be feeding on cut oats and alfalfa.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2020
• Claudia Ethun’s 120 acres of alfalfa have stood dry and fallow for more than a year.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
• Roden grows corn, soy, wheat and alfalfa, most of which goes to feed his livestock.
  — Brittany Trang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 June 2021
• Adams was in charge of feeding the cows bushels of cured, baled alfalfa, which were wrapped in wire mesh and required clipping.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
• 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
• In the meantime, Ogden was letting a farmer grow and harvest alfalfa from the land.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2018
• 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
• The corn strain feeds on corn, sorghum and cotton while the rice strains eats rice, alfalfa and millet, as well as the pasture grasses and lawns.
  — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2021
• Beside fields of alfalfa and green onions, the dry riverbed spreads out in a dusty plain where only gray desert shrubs survive.
  — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 19 Apr. 2020
• The birds grow large on grass, clover and alfalfa, as well as non-GMO feed, without the use of antibiotics and hormones.
  — Chris M. Worrell, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020
• Wind blew radioactive clouds north and east, and iodine-131 fell on pastures and alfalfa that fed cows and goats.
  — Nate Poppino, idahostatesman, 27 June 2018
• Spike enjoyed his alfalfa snacks and attention from his keepers.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2024
• Advertisement Ed Hale, who shut off water to most of his alfalfa fields, said the approach of leaving fields dry on a voluntary basis for a short period limits the economic harm.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025