i used to go to the co-op and buy alphalfa by the pound but i did some reasearch and found out why some of the stuff with the big bucks on it is so expensive. deer only eat the "clover" part of the plant and leave the stemy part. alot of these new seeds are genetically alterned to have "more clover and less stem." they may include some big buck steroids, but that is the main feature of them. a good brand is imperial.