The best alfalfa seed production occurs when pollinating bees can work on the crop as it approaches, and then reaches, full bloom. Predicting peak bloom and getting the alfalfa leafcutter bees ready ...

The first cutting of alfalfa often is the most important cutting of the year. It usually produces the most yield and its forage quality changes fastest from day to day. This spring alfalfa started ...

Experts on alfalfa production recognize the growing season challenges many growers face this year and recommend producers continue to use sound practices that yield results. From late to May, ...

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 ...

Mark and Sharla Wagoner and their son Tim grow wheat and alfalfa seed at Touchet, near Walla Walla, Wash., on the farm where Mark grew up. He came back to the farm after graduating from Washington ...

Q: I heard you recommend using alfalfa meal as a fertilizer, but when I was growing up on the farm we fed that stuff to our horses. What is the advantage of using it, and when and how should I apply ...

If I ever tried to farm, I would want to raise hay. Hay appeals to multiple senses. Sight: hay fields are beautiful green, sometime crowned with lavender alfalfa blooms. Across the American continent, ...

FARGO - This year's alfalfa hay harvest could be the earliest in years, according to J.W. Schroeder, North Dakota State University Extension Service dairy specialist. Seeding surveys indicate that, ...

Cutting management is an important tool for achieving high quality, high yields and stand persistence in alfalfa. It also can be effective in reducing the impact of weed, insect and disease pests.