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According to Don Miller, director of product development at Alforex Seeds, there are a variety of reasons alfalfa can winterkill. "The freezing and thawing of wet soils during winter can result in the alfalfa crowns being pushed out of the ground 2 to 3 inches, which can cause them to freeze and winterkill", Miller said. [Extracted from the article]

Farmers usually begin harvesting alfalfa after they finish planting corn, according to Jerry Clark, Extension crops and soils agent in Chippewa County, Wis. "If they are delayed by rain and it's time to start harvesting alfalfa or put the soybeans in, I would hope they would make the hay and trade the soybeans in for a shorter-day variety. b Use scissors-cut sampling or a Predictive Equation for Alfalfa Quality stick to estimate when the quality is optimum for harvest, Clark says. [Extracted from the article]

"This is the first recorded documentation of insecticide resistance for alfalfa weevil in Wyoming", says UW Extension Educator Jeremiah Vardiman, a co-author of the report. A new publication released by the University of Wyoming Extension assesses insecticide resistance in alfalfa weevil populations in Wyoming, Montana, and Utah. [Extracted from the article]

"This is the first recorded documentation of insecticide resistance for alfalfa weevil in Wyoming", says UW Extension Educator Jeremiah Vardiman, a co-author of the report. A new publication released by the University of Wyoming Extension assesses insecticide resistance in alfalfa weevil populations in Wyoming, Montana, and Utah. [Extracted from the article]

"This is the first recorded documentation of insecticide resistance for alfalfa weevil in Wyoming", says UW Extension Educator Jeremiah Vardiman, a co-author of the report. A new publication released by the University of Wyoming Extension assesses insecticide resistance in alfalfa weevil populations in Wyoming, Montana, and Utah. [Extracted from the article]

A new publication released by the University of Wyoming Extension assesses insecticide resistance in alfalfa weevil populations in Wyoming, Montana, and Utah. "This is the first recorded documentation of insecticide resistance for alfalfa weevil in Wyoming", says UW Extension Educator Jeremiah Vardiman, a co-author of the report. [Extracted from the article]

"This is the first recorded documentation of insecticide resistance for alfalfa weevil in Wyoming", says UW Extension Educator Jeremiah Vardiman, a co-author of the report. A new publication released by the University of Wyoming Extension assesses insecticide resistance in alfalfa weevil populations in Wyoming, Montana, and Utah. [Extracted from the article]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administratoon and Colorado agriculture officials this week announced a recall of certain alfalfa cubes that have been linked to equine deaths in Colorado and three other states. While botulism in horses is not a reportable disease in Colorado, veterinarians must report all cases of equine neurologic disease to the State Veterinarian's Office. [Extracted from the article]

Bradley Schad, Missouri Corn CEO, recently shared that Dover Fueling Solutions has announced that all new North American Wayne Ovation Fuel Dispensers would be supplied as compatible and UL-listed to E40. Miller, MU Extension ag business specialist Wesley Tucker and MU Extension livestock specialist Patrick Davis lead the workshop. David Trinklein, MU state horticulture specialist, teaches the class with Sarah Denkler, MU Extension horticulture specialist. [Extracted from the article]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administratoon and Colorado agriculture officials this week announced a recall of certain alfalfa cubes that have been linked to equine deaths in Colorado and three other states. While botulism in horses is not a reportable disease in Colorado, veterinarians must report all cases of equine neurologic disease to the State Veterinarian's Office. [Extracted from the article]

Bradley Schad, Missouri Corn CEO, recently shared that Dover Fueling Solutions has announced that all new North American Wayne Ovation Fuel Dispensers would be supplied as compatible and UL-listed to E40. David Trinklein, MU state horticulture specialist, teaches the class with Sarah Denkler, MU Extension horticulture specialist. Miller, MU Extension ag business specialist Wesley Tucker and MU Extension livestock specialist Patrick Davis lead the workshop. [Extracted from the article]

While botulism in horses is not a reportable disease in Colorado, veterinarians must report all cases of equine neurologic disease to the State Veterinarian's Office. The U.S. Food and Drug Administratoon and Colorado agriculture officials this week announced a recall of certain alfalfa cubes that have been linked to equine deaths in Colorado and three other states. [Extracted from the article]

Bradley Schad, Missouri Corn CEO, recently shared that Dover Fueling Solutions has announced that all new North American Wayne Ovation Fuel Dispensers would be supplied as compatible and UL-listed to E40. David Trinklein, MU state horticulture specialist, teaches the class with Sarah Denkler, MU Extension horticulture specialist. Miller, MU Extension ag business specialist Wesley Tucker and MU Extension livestock specialist Patrick Davis lead the workshop. [Extracted from the article]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administratoon and Colorado agriculture officials this week announced a recall of certain alfalfa cubes that have been linked to equine deaths in Colorado and three other states. While botulism in horses is not a reportable disease in Colorado, veterinarians must report all cases of equine neurologic disease to the State Veterinarian's Office. [Extracted from the article]

Bradley Schad, Missouri Corn CEO, recently shared that Dover Fueling Solutions has announced that all new North American Wayne Ovation Fuel Dispensers would be supplied as compatible and UL-listed to E40. Miller, MU Extension ag business specialist Wesley Tucker and MU Extension livestock specialist Patrick Davis lead the workshop. David Trinklein, MU state horticulture specialist, teaches the class with Sarah Denkler, MU Extension horticulture specialist. [Extracted from the article]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administratoon and Colorado agriculture officials this week announced a recall of certain alfalfa cubes that have been linked to equine deaths in Colorado and three other states. While botulism in horses is not a reportable disease in Colorado, veterinarians must report all cases of equine neurologic disease to the State Veterinarian's Office. [Extracted from the article]

NAFA offers a searchable, online alfalfa variety ratings database where you can make the process of narrowing alfalfa varietal choices even easier at alfalfa.org/varietyratings.php. The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance (NAFA) released the 2023 edition of its popular "Alfalfa Variety Ratings - Winter Survival, Fall Dormancy & Pest Resistance Ratings for Alfalfa Varieties.". [Extracted from the article]

The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance (NAFA) released the 2023 edition of its popular "Alfalfa Variety Ratings - Winter Survival, Fall Dormancy & Pest Resistance Ratings for Alfalfa Varieties." NAFA offers a searchable, online alfalfa variety ratings database where you can make the process of narrowing alfalfa varietal choices even easier at alfalfa.org/varietyratings.php. [Extracted from the article]

NAFA offers a searchable, online alfalfa variety ratings database where you can make the process of narrowing alfalfa varietal choices even easier at alfalfa.org/varietyratings.php. The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance (NAFA) released the 2023 edition of its popular "Alfalfa Variety Ratings - Winter Survival, Fall Dormancy & Pest Resistance Ratings for Alfalfa Varieties.". [Extracted from the article]

The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance (NAFA) released the 2023 edition of its popular "Alfalfa Variety Ratings - Winter Survival, Fall Dormancy & Pest Resistance Ratings for Alfalfa Varieties." NAFA offers a searchable, online alfalfa variety ratings database where you can make the process of narrowing alfalfa varietal choices even easier at alfalfa.org/varietyratings.php. [Extracted from the article]

NAFA offers a searchable, online alfalfa variety ratings database where you can make the process of narrowing alfalfa varietal choices even easier at alfalfa.org/varietyratings.php. The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance (NAFA) released the 2023 edition of its popular "Alfalfa Variety Ratings - Winter Survival, Fall Dormancy & Pest Resistance Ratings for Alfalfa Varieties.". [Extracted from the article]

There are also growers who sell hay directly to Fondomonte for export, since Fondomonte provides a market for other growers in Arizona. The tax is 300% of the price for which the crop is sold and is paid by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of the crop. [Extracted from the article]

He seeds low-lignin Harv Xtra alfalfa seed that is winter-hardy. The day you cut your alfalfa, you need to decide if it is going to be baleage or dry hay, he explained. Guither said he prices his hay as if it were all dry hay. [Extracted from the article]

Graph: https://www.farmprogress.com/sites/cet.com/files/1024T-3706c-1540x617.jpg Graph: https://www.farmprogress.com/sites/cet.com/files/1024T-3706c-1540x683.jpg The sweet spot for dry matter intake, milk yield and energy-corrected milk was 30% alfalfa to 70% corn silage, but there wasn't a big difference with other mixes. A wide range of corn silage-alfalfa formulations were fed, anywhere from 90-to-10 corn silage-alfalfa to 90-to-10 alfalfa-corn silage. Alfalfa and corn silage are the two main forages fed to dairy cows. [Extracted from the article]

Just outside of Elk Point, S.D., sits a half-acre that blooms with unique flower varieties. Creating the farm Heckathorn's husband farms and runs a seed business, and she converted an old alfalfa field into her flower farm. [Extracted from the article]

Alfalfa is known as the queen of forages for its ability to produce incredible amounts of high-protein forage in an array of different environments. Field location or seedbed Well-drained soils are a must in alfalfa production, so field selection is going to be a major contributor in alfalfa stand health, longevity and yield. Phosphorus Phosphorus is the most yield-limiting nutrient in alfalfa, meaning yield is in direct correlation with P availability to the plant. [Extracted from the article]

Phosphorus Phosphorus is the most yield-limiting nutrient in alfalfa, meaning yield is in direct correlation with P availability to the plant. Field location or seedbed Well-drained soils are a must in alfalfa production, so field selection is going to be a major contributor in alfalfa stand health, longevity and yield. Alfalfa is known as the queen of forages for its ability to produce incredible amounts of high-protein forage in an array of different environments. [Extracted from the article]

Phosphorus Phosphorus is the most yield-limiting nutrient in alfalfa, meaning yield is in direct correlation with P availability to the plant. Alfalfa is known as the queen of forages for its ability to produce incredible amounts of high-protein forage in an array of different environments. Field location or seedbed Well-drained soils are a must in alfalfa production, so field selection is going to be a major contributor in alfalfa stand health, longevity and yield. [Extracted from the article]

Phosphorus Phosphorus is the most yield-limiting nutrient in alfalfa, meaning yield is in direct correlation with P availability to the plant. Field location or seedbed Well-drained soils are a must in alfalfa production, so field selection is going to be a major contributor in alfalfa stand health, longevity and yield. Alfalfa is known as the queen of forages for its ability to produce incredible amounts of high-protein forage in an array of different environments. [Extracted from the article]

He says he's getting older and more tired, yet Harlan Anderson still has ideas and opinions to share. "A lot of my innovative ideas came from listening to farmers, especially over the milk bulk tank", says Anderson, a 1973 University of Minnesota veterinary college graduate. [Extracted from the article]

Graph: https://www.farmprogress.com/sites/cet.com/files/0516W1-1840B-584x398.jpg Miller explains that resistant potato leafhopper alfalfa varieties have small hairs on the plant, so adults do not crawl and lay eggs on them. There are two main pests alfalfa growers should look for - alfalfa weevil in spring and potato leafhopper in summer. [Extracted from the article]

For intensively managed grass and alfalfa grass mixes, the grass is ready about a day or two after the winter triticale. For the latter two, insert the alfalfa height, percent grass, NDF target and the weather (normal, hot, cool), and it will tell you how many days until that field, under your conditions, is at peak quality for harvest. Click on the grass, alfalfa-grass or alfalfa estimator. [Extracted from the article]

Dairy farmers usually begin harvesting alfalfa after they finish planting corn, according to Jerry Clark, Extension crops and soils agent in Chippewa County, Wis. "If they are delayed by rain and it's time to start harvesting alfalfa or put the soybeans in, I would hope they would make the hay and trade the soybeans in for a shorter-day variety", Clark says. Clark says there are 10 top tips producers need to focus on when it comes to harvesting alfalfa. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses that Beeson Farms in Climax, North Carolina has claimed the top honor of the 2022 Southeastern Hay Contest with an alfalfa hay that broke the contest's quality scale. It mentions that farmers faced drought and flooding or flooding and drought, neither conducive for a successful hay harvest.

Winter grain mite Winter grain mites often capitalize on dry conditions in wheat fields. Kansas State University crop entomologist Jeff Whitworth says while wheat and alfalfa are dormant, there's not much that farmers can do about army cutworms, winter grain mites and the Hessian fly. "But if the wheat is struggling from a lack of moisture, and you have winter grain mites sucking the juice out of each cell, that can really add to the stress of the wheat plant.". [Extracted from the article]

Because we don't want to damage the growing alfalfa plant, the best window of opportunity is in the short time during spring where winter annuals have started to grow again, but alfalfa is still dormant. Scout alfalfa fields and determine where weed issues may arise, then keep an eye on these spots as we get closer to spring, so we can pull the trigger when the weeds are green but the alfalfa is not. [Extracted from the article]

"Normally, the alfalfa weevils we have are only problematic for first-cutting alfalfa, but last year populations continued to cause issues into second cutting, which is how more western biotypes of alfalfa weevil behave", he said. Alfalfa is sensitive to acidic and low-soil pH, so Goplen suggested correcting it a few years prior to establishment. That seed, eventually known as Grimm alfalfa, was credited by USDA as the source of all modern alfalfa varieties grown in the U.S. Farmers today have agronomics and practices that can help them maximize yield to maximize profits. [Extracted from the article]

Limiting crop value loss Like Bali, Clark thinks alfalfa growers could use their fields for recharging groundwater while taking steps to limit loss of crop value. University of California researchers Helen Dahlke, Nick Clark and Khaled Bali are investigating how alfalfa copes with additional water in the winter and early spring, when snowmelt runoff occurs, for groundwater recharge. [Extracted from the article]

Alfalfa, once a dominant forage in Georgia, is the third-highest crop for economic returns in the United States. "We are looking to improve alfalfa establishment in perennial grasses and the varied uses of alfalfa grass systems either for harvest as baleage or for grazing.". [Extracted from the article]

Limiting crop value loss Like Bali, Clark thinks alfalfa growers could use their fields for recharging groundwater while taking steps to limit loss of crop value. University of California researchers Helen Dahlke, Nick Clark and Khaled Bali are investigating how alfalfa copes with additional water in the winter and early spring, when snowmelt runoff occurs, for groundwater recharge. [Extracted from the article]

"We are looking to improve alfalfa establishment in perennial grasses and the varied uses of alfalfa grass systems either for harvest as baleage or for grazing." Alfalfa, once a dominant forage in Georgia, is the third-highest crop for economic returns in the United States. [Extracted from the article]

Limiting crop value loss Like Bali, Clark thinks alfalfa growers could use their fields for recharging groundwater while taking steps to limit loss of crop value. University of California researchers Helen Dahlke, Nick Clark and Khaled Bali are investigating how alfalfa copes with additional water in the winter and early spring, when snowmelt runoff occurs, for groundwater recharge. [Extracted from the article]