Re: The Nov. 26 piece by ProPublica “Measuring the Legacy of Water Use” and the accompanying table with “Top 20 water users” in the California Imperial Valley, which contrasted water “used to grow hay ...

With chronic water shortages afflicting the Colorado River, discussions about how to cut usage have increasingly focused on a thirsty crop that consumes an especially large share of the river’s water: ...

WENDEN, Arizona (AP) — A blanket of bright-green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona’s McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock’s family has ...

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With Colorado and the southwest looking at an increasingly hotter and drier future, researchers with Colorado State University in the Grand Valley are looking into how alternative hay crops respond to ...

Agriculture consumes the vast majority of water from the drought-reduced 1,450-mile-long river. Making cuts will test farmers’ dominance, setting up new fights about what savings they can achieve ...

One good whiff is all it takes to send Paloma into a giddy gallop for the barn, where her human pals are loading bunks with luscious, leafy alfalfa hay. The nutrition-rich forage is like cake to the ...

• Alfalfa is a major U.S. field crop without a safety net – Alfalfa is the fourth-most-valuable field crop in the United States, generating about $8.1 billion in farm-gate value in 2024. Yet it ...

The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory at or visit the University of Missouri Extension feed stuff ...

In recent years, Missouri has struggled with dry conditions, especially in 2023. Though this year has been milder, farmers have had to adjust feeding practices to support the needs of their livestock.