Hay growers in our area often plant new fields to alfalfa without even thinking about other alternatives. For lots of folks, pure alfalfa is the best choice, but for many of you it might be better to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Poor spring weather could throw another curve at farmers already behind in the count on crop planting. Alongside the fields ready for corn and soybean seed could be hay crops ...

For the most part late summer seeding can be an excellent time to establish alfalfa which will lead to productive stands the next growing season. The decision of whether to proceed with a late summer ...

As fall approaches, both alfalfa and grass hay crops need to be properly prepared for the upcoming winter. Hay fields should be thoroughly evaluated in late summer or early fall to determine which ...

SWEDONA, Ill. — While the heydays of harvest are just around the corner, one golden crop is looking greener than ever for area farmers. Droughts across the great plains are bumping up prices for ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Time is running out on forage producers to plant alfalfa seed genetically modified to withstand glyphosate herbicide. Whether the clock is restarted on future Roundup Ready ...

As farmers and ranchers continue to strive for dynamic options in forage production, many across Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and South Carolina are discovering alfalfa can be the Robin to bermudagrass’s ...

Mandan, N.D., farmer Mike Gartner once was stuck with a wet, salty field that couldn't be farmed. For 25 years, he paid taxes on the 9.3-acre piece but received no income from it. Finally, in late ...

Wet spring weather may have prevented you from planting alfalfa before you jumped into planting corn. Normally, I want alfalfa planted by mid-May on dryland sites and by the end of May under ...

Driving along the rolling farmlands in NY and all over New England, one can often see fields of lush, dark green, clover-like crop growing 2 feet tall. Alfalfa is the most important forage crop in the ...