Producing local alfalfa hay is an opportunity for growers in southeast ... historical data indicate that a field with a good first-year production can yield more in the third year than a field ...

The field had all the signs of a well-maintained crop of forage ... much of the Great Plains and western U.S. Whether used in irrigated pastures or as hay, alfalfa is one of the most economically ...

Recent snow has increased ranchers interest in purchasing hay. According to the NASS Colorado Crop Progress Report for week ...

of fields, which could conserve about 215,000 acre feet of water, she said. Trevor Tagg, a hay farmer in the Imperial Valley, is among many opting for the program. He said alfalfa prices have ...

The University of Wisconsin has a three-tier recommendation for assessing alfalfa stands. Fields with greater than 55 stems ...

In the early 1860s Henry Miller and Charles Lux, a pair of German immigrants who had established themselves as butchers in San Francisco, began buying land along the San Joaquin River in the ...

Hay is high in fiber and bulk, which supports the horse’s digestive tract. Nutrition content can be similar to the current ...

If you want to harvest alfalfa late in the year, you need to wait until after a killing frost. But what is a killing frost?

The leaves are long and narrow with serrated tips. Alfalfa hay is commonly used as livestock feed. Supplemental alfalfa is available for sale in person and online. It's commonly stocked at herb or ...

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After clearing fields, producers have been getting wheat ... According to NASS New Mexico Crop progress report Oct. 13, alfalfa hay is in the fifth cutting with 92% complete, sixth cutting 35% ...