alfalfa, (Medicago sativa), perennial, cloverlike, leguminous plant of the pea family (Fabaceae), widely grown primarily for hay, pasturage, and silage. Alfalfa is known for its tolerance of drought, heat, and cold and for the remarkable productivity and quality of its herbage. The plant is also valued in soil improvement and is grown as a cover crop and as a green manure.
Peanut Cake
Groundnut cake is fed to the cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry and swine. It has been reported that both a growth factor and an antitrypsin factor occur in groundnut meal.
Cotton Cake
Cotton Cake Cottonseed cake is the co-product of oil extraction from cottonseeds. Cottonseed meal is the term applied to the ground cottonseed cake from which most of the oil has been extracted.