Not Too Wet Or Dry
Custom harvesters should know at what percent moisture their clients want their alfalfa chopped and packed. That will give them happy repeat customers...
Alfalfa Seeding Rate Impacts Stand Life
High alfalfa seeding rates result in more seedlings, a canopy that’s more competitive with weeds and a higher first-year forage yield. A longer-lasting...
Lynching Leafhoppers
Leafhopper-resistant alfalfa varieties can reduce losses from the crop’s worst insect enemy. But insecticide treatments sometimes are still needed. Determining...
Heaving Hits Alfalfa Hard
Heaving damage to alfalfa has been reported in several states in recent weeks. The problem, caused when clay soils expand and contract while freezing...
Beware Of Autotoxicity In Alfalfa
If your spring seeding plans include alfalfa following alfalfa, proceed with caution. Trials at several universities have shown that autoxicity can hurt...
Breaking The Yield Drought
Over the last 20 years, alfalfa breeders have made impressive improvements in disease resistance, winterhardiness and other important traits. But yield...
Horses Thrive On High-Quality Alfalfa
Early cut and high-quality alfalfa unquestionably is the best forage the horse enthusiast can use, says Neal Martin. Less than 20 years ago, mature grass...
Test Alfalfa For Sulfur Shortages
Antipollution legislation may be affecting sulfur levels in Pennsylvania soils, says a Penn State University agronomist. In a Penn State survey of alfalfa...
A New Market Next Door
From now on, Bob Hilger's 4 4 8' baler will spend more time in the shed. That's because this David City, NE, commercial grower doesn't just bale hay anymore....
Alfalfa Nurse Crops: The Naked Truth
Alfalfa growers who remove their nurse crops as oatlage or barlage won't gain anything by using hull-less or beardless varieties. That's according to...
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