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...
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...
Alfalfa After Alfalfa After Alfalfa
After nearly three decades in continuous alfalfa, Lee and Nancy Wilder's Two Hawk Ranch, Sandy Valley, NV, continues to produce big yields of high-quality...
Heat Units Set Cutting Date
Growers test growing degree day formulas. Growers must develop their own GDD formulas. An increasing number of alfalfa growers are experimenting with...
Picking Alfalfa's Partner
Nurse-crop selection always involves trade-offs. If you don't use the right nurse-crop prescription this spring, your new alfalfa stand may need a little...
Spare The Sprinklers
Soaring power rates across the country have led alfalfa growers to think twice before turning on their sprinklers. Some are developing cost-effective...
Weevil Wisdom
Alfalfa weevil control guidelines differ among states. When Oklahoma Ag Experiment Station entomologist Richard Berberet tried to introduce an alfalfa...
Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Next
