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University of Arizona Agronomist Mike Ottman said alfalfa is “a bread and butter crop” that has paid the bills for many Arizona growers.
Dan Putnam, University of California, Davis agronomist, explained that California alfalfa acreage has fallen during the last 5-6 years - from about 1.1 million acres statewide to about 825,000-850,000 acres today.
Key production areas include Kern, Imperial, San Joaquin, Fresno, Tulare, and Siskiyou counties. Alfalfa is a key crop in the low desert, the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys, and the intermountain regions of California.
Putnam said, “There’s been a steady march of replacement of agronomic crops by specialty crops in California’s Central Valley. These include alfalfa, wheat, corn, and small grains replaced by permanent crops including almonds, pistachios, and walnuts, plus some vineyards.”
