One of the first scouting jobs each spring is assessing alfalfa fields for winterkill. Stand loss can be influenced by stand age, cutting management, soil pH and fertility, soil moisture and snow ...

Alfalfa is Nebraska’s third most valuable crop, and variety selection plays a key role in how well a stand performs over time ...

Planting alfalfa this summer or fall? Romulo Lollato and Doo-Hong Min, forage specialists with Kansas State University, have some best practices to make sure your investment pays off. “Alfalfa is a ...

South Dakota State University Extension is encouraging forage producers to participate in a survey about managing alfalfa ...

As spring brought warmer temperatures and rain, Minnesota’s alfalfa fields hosted many a winged creature, as well as University of Minnesota Extension educators conducting the work of the Alfalfa ...

With above average temperatures this year, alfalfa weevil development is well ahead of schedule compared to recent years. Adults have already emerged from their overwintering sites to lay eggs in ...

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 ...

Grasshoppers and Mormon crickets are back this summer, causing considerable damage to rangelands and forage in western states. The insects cause $318 million in crop losses to alfalfa annually, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... FRUITA — The scrubby green plants that fill a checkerboard of 24-by-36-foot research plots on the arid plains of Mesa County could be part of a major shift ...

Driven by limited carryover supplies and renewed demand from California dairies, alfalfa hay is soaring to new price levels and this year’s crop could reach its second-highest prices ever, says Seth ...