This widely adapted perennial legume is grown in every state in the US. Alfalfa does best on soils with fine to medium textures that are moderately to well drained and neutral or higher in pH. It ...

Alfalfa also contains plant compounds like flavonoids, phytoestrogens, phenolic acids, and saponins. Some of these are thought to have anticancer, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory ...

Alfalfa is considered the “Queen of Forages” because of its high nutritive value. Alfalfa also has high N-fixation capacity meaning that no nitrogen fertilization is needed for its production.

We work our alfalfa pretty hard here in northern Indiana ... Stem count is not the only consideration, however. The crowns of ...

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Dubbed the “king of forages,” alfalfa is indispensable in agriculture for its high protein content, environmental ...

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?

A breeze wafted through the air on a late summer morning, rustling neatly kept plots of lush-green alfalfa at New Mexico State University’s Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center. The field had all ...

We work our alfalfa pretty hard here in northern Indiana, and events like our fall drought do not help our alfalfa last as long as we would like.