The China-US trade war triggers the sale of Spanish alfalfa

María José Maluenda. Agricultural technical engineer The production of green alfalfa represents 57% of the forage production in Spain in 2019. The surface of the main forages of 109.7 thousand ha of fodder corn, 156.8 thousand ha of vetch and 257 , 8 thousand ha of alfalfa, would reach a production of 4,819.2 thousand t of corn, 1,429 thousand t of vetch and 9,431.2 thousand t of alfalfa. Alfalfa cultivation is spread throughout Spain, the most representative autonomous communities being: Aragon (55%), Catalonia (22%) and Castilla y León (11%), and to a lesser extent the communities of Navarra, Andalusia and Castilla- La Mancha. 50% of alfalfa production is dehydrated in the 74 plants spread throughout Spain, and the other half is consumed as sun-dried fodder for national consumption. 77% of the production of dehydrated forage occurs in bale forms and the rest in pellets. The production of dehydrated forages in Spain in 2018/19 was the lowest in recent years, due to the smaller ...