An extension crops educator encourages growers to assess alfalfa conditions. Dave Nicolai is with the University of Minnesota ...

State hay market summaries for the week ending March 22, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Market News Service.

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 ...

At one point in history, precision agriculture looked like a crank on a baler that determined if the hay packed tightly or ...

Alfalfa U topics and speakers during its 10 year run gave producers all the expert knowledge they could ever need, Field Editor Kylene Scott writes.

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 ...

alfalfa hay (legume-type plant) can yield up to 120 bales per acre, while orchard grass typically yields about 20 to 60 bales per acre. For example, if your field size is 1 acre and the yield per ...

It was 111 degrees when Mark McBroom stepped from his air-conditioned pickup and onto a dry alfalfa field. Remnants of ...