Try Tedding
Back in the early '90s, Dave Fick, Hills, MN, hosted a Missouri farmer who scoffed at the way Fick and his fellow Minnesotans harvested alfalfa hay. He...
Calculate Weevil-Spraying Economics
Spraying for alfalfa weevils can improve relative feed value (RFV) by 10 points, plus there likely will be small gains in crude protein content and yield....
Don’t Let Planting Delay Harvest
In parts of the Midwest, wet weather has delayed planting so much that alfalfa may be ready to cut before row-crop planting is finished. But farmers should...
Weird Weevil Attack Hits Kansas
Kansas alfalfa growers are worried about weevil damage to the crop’s second cutting. That’s because unusually high numbers of weevil moths emerged near...
'Hopper-Fighting Alfalfas Do The Job
The newest potato leaf-hopper-resistant alfalfa varieties can dramatically increase seeding-year yields, says an Ohio State University forage agronomist....
Drip Irrigation Saves Water
Permanent subsurface drip irrigation systems can conserve water while maintaining or improving alfalfa yields. That’s according to University of California...
Alfalfa's ROSY Future
Harlan Anderson isn't viewing his new use for rained-on hay with rose-colored glasses. He knows that his product an alfalfa mulch with fertilizer value...
Horse Market Gives Alfalfa New Life
Most of their neighbors tear up five-year-old alfalfa stands. But Dick and Fritz Coon of Benge, WA, interseed orchardgrass, planning for another three...
Swaths Easily Speed Drying
Leaving swaths instead of windrows is the easiest and most effective way to reduce hay drying time, points out Kevin Shinners, University of Wisconsin...
Adding The Traffic Trait
Cut, rake, bale; cut, rake, bale; cut, rake, bale. Result: lost yield. Whatever your alfalfa harvest cadence, you get the picture. Research shows it's...
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