Keeping establishment costs low, growing the right variety, having a solid fertilization program, and marketing well the alfalfa hay are key for a successful alfalfa hay producer.

hay, which is mostly alfalfa, comes in at No. 8, with $1.6 billion in receipts. Growing hay and other forage and irrigating pasture for livestock (mainly cattle) takes at least 10 million acre ...

The one positive is that some grass is already greening and growing ever so slightly as there has yet to be a killing frost ...

Alfalfa does best on soils with fine to medium textures that ... Flower is commonly purple but may vary among shades of white, yellow and purple. Deep taproot. Hay, silage and pasture. High in protein ...

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

USDA reported hay sale prices for southeastern California ... use most of IID's agricultural water supply, largely to grow ...

Fair/good, grinding alfalfa, large rounds, $95-$110, large squares, $95-110. Ground and delivered locally to feed lots and ...

“The fields are growing the same alfalfa but look completely different ... much of the Great Plains and western U.S. Whether used in irrigated pastures or as hay, alfalfa is one of the most ...