Ag Business Opportunity: Alfalfa Pellet Mill for Sale
An alfalfa pellet mill for sale in McClave, Colorado offers an agricultural business opportunity. It’s located in an agricultural region. Alfalfa improves important animal health factors. It increases weight gain, bone health, reproductive performance, and milk production.
Business records list previous sales of over 20,000 tons of alfalfa pellets annually. This momentum comes with the agricultural territory and the popularity of pellets.
Alfalfa Forage
A perennial legume, alfalfa or ‘lucerne’ is drought tolerant and cultivated around the world for centuries. All herbivore animals benefit from the rich protein, vitamins, and minerals in alfalfa. Cows, horses, sheep, goats, even dogs eat alfalfa. Wild animals—deer, bison, moose, elk—and birds feast on its leaves, flowers, and pods.
Advantages of Alfalfa Pellets
Alfalfa pellets offer farmers and ranchers many advantages. Five compelling reasons to feed alfalfa pellets to livestock and other farm animals include:
- **Nutritional Value**: Alfalfa pellets are rich in essential nutrients such as protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. They provide a balanced diet for animals, promoting healthy growth, and overall well-being.
- **Digestibility**: Alfalfa pellets are highly digestible. Because the processed pellets can enhance digestibility compared to the effect of raw or baled alfalfa. Better digestion means the animals more efficiently extract nutrients from the feed.
- **Convenience**: Pelletized alfalfa offers convenience to farmers and ranchers. It’s easier to store, handle, and feed. Farmers can measure precise portion control. Less prone to spoilage and waste than bales, alfalfa pellets have a longer shelf life.
- **Dust Reduction**: Pelletizing alfalfa keeps the dust away from animals, especially horses, with sensitivities and respiratory issues; it also improves overall air quality in barns or feeding areas.
- **Uniformity**: Alfalfa pellets offer uniformity in composition and nutrient content, ensuring that animals receive consistent nutrition with every feeding. This helps handlers maintain animal health and performance.
In summary, due to their nutritional value, digestibility, convenience, dust reduction, and uniformity, alfalfa pellets are a popular choice among livestock owners and feed manufacturers.
Alfalfa Pellet Mill for Sale
The sale of this southeastern Colorado commercial property includes over seven acres, a building, and all fixed equipment.
Listing ID: 221034
Address: Highway 196, McClave, CO 81057
Acres: 7.080
Building SF: 960
Price: $500,000
Alfalfa Pellet Plant Methods
The owners of Sun Care alfalfa pellet mill in McClave, Colorado developed a superior processing technique. The alfalfa dries naturally in the fields, gets baled and delivered to the pellet mill for processing. Before this, farmers needed to chop the alfalfa and then dry it in a drum powered by natural gas.
The new pellet method meets the demands of feed companies and livestock producers in the region and beyond. Plus, this high-quality forage grows on 50 million acres in the United States. That’s a load of potential business for an alfalfa pellet mill located in the middle of the USA.
Speak with Farm and Ranch Brokers
Call Gene Cruikshank today at (719) 336-7802 to find out more about the commercial real estate in McClave, Colorado. Gene comes from an agricultural background and heads up the Farm & Ranch Division, owner/Broker at Cruikshank Realty, Inc. 20 South Main Street, Lamar, CO 81052.