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 ...

Will April’s chill spell cause “winter” kill? State Extension Forage Specialist Paul Peterson posted some discussion recently at discussing conditions around Minnesota and what to watch for ...

AGRICULTURAL AND FARM NEWS  The increasing cost of forages, fearing continued 2012 droughty conditions, and extending the winter season has many producers wondering about the productivity of their ...

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 ...

Alfalfa weevil Minimum of 30 stems per field collected in a W-pattern, place stems top first in bucket, measure stem height and count the number of larvae per stem Pea aphid Collect a minimum of 30 ...

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

Kansas hay market report for the week ending Feb. 1, as reported by the Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News ...

And it does this quite well, especially for legumes like alfalfa.” Grass hay, though, is a bit more difficult. Grass has more fiber than alfalfa, which lowers its RFV. But, that fiber often is ...