date:Feb 08, 2014
consumption, the cultivation of forage crops is far behind that of developed countries and relies heavily on imported alfalfa to supply domestic dairy farms.
China needs 200 million metric tons of forage crops to meet the demand of its dairy sector each year and must further increase imports of alfalfa and corn silage to prevent an aggravated shortfall this year, he said.
The country imported 678,300 tons of alfalfa from global markets such as Canada and the US between January and November 2