Alfalfa Has Much To Offer
Dont give up on alfalfa because it suffered winterkill. Alfalfa has too much to offer, say Paul Peterson and Dan Undersander, extension forage specialists...
Endophytes Hold Key To Improved Forages
A new tall-fescue variety containing a beneficial or friendly endophyte should be released in 2009 by the Noble Foundation, says Joe Bouton of its Forage Improvement Division in Ardmore, CA...
Unlocking Bioenergy In Switchgrass
Using genetic "snapshots" of switchgrass, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and collaborating scientists are gaining new insight into how this warm-season perennial plant could...
Book On Raising Meat Goats Available
With increasing demand for goat meat comes a book telling the basics of selecting a breed and buying goats to discussing how to handle, house and keep them healthy...
Roundup Ready Alfalfa Injunction Stands
U.S. District Court has upheld its decision that USDA did not adequately follow procedural requirements by the National Environmental Policy Act before deregulating Roundup Ready alfalfa...
Managing Freeze-Damaged Alfalfa
Hard freezes in early April damaged alfalfa in Kansas, says Jim Shroyer, Kansas State University extension agronomist...
Handbook Of Forage And Rangeland Insects Available
Beneficial and injurious insects can be identified and managed with the help of the newly published, Handbook of Forage and Rangeland Insects...
Alfalfa Watch: Will Aprils Chill Spell Winter Kill?
Those balmy temperatures in late March sure felt good, but they may have gotten our alfalfa into trouble. Fortunately, however, while the weather progression from a warm, dormancy-breaking late March to a bone-chilling early April has provided...
Return Roundup Ready Alfalfa Seed
Alfalfa growers who bought Roundup Ready seed but cant plant it need to contact their seed dealers about replacing it with conventional varieties or getting refunds...
Injunction Jolts Roundup Ready Alfalfa
A federal judge last week imposed a preliminary injunction against the sale and planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa, effectively removing the transgenic crop ...
Ruling May Impact Hay, Seed Supply
If Roundup Ready alfalfa is held off the market for an extended period, the already tight supply of conventional alfalfa seed likely will get tighter, say seed company officials...
Land Re-Enrolls In CRP Contracts
An estimated 23.2 million acres are expected to be re-enrolled into Conservation Reserve Program contracts out of 27.8 million acres eligible for retirement between 2007 and 2010, according to...
USDA Predicts 4% Increase in Harvested Hay Acres
Hay growers expect to harvest 63.1 million acres of all hay in 2007, up 4% from that harvested last year, according to the 2007 planting intentions report...
Four Steps For Drought-Stressed Pastures
Courtesy of Dow AgroSciences
After drought parched much of cattle country last summer, fall and winter rains have helped some areas. But drought effects can last well into succeeding years, even wet ones...
Judge Says USDA Erred On Roundup Ready Alfalfa
USDA should have prepared a full environmental impact study before approving Roundup Ready alfalfa for release, according to a U.S. District Court ruling. Three days later...
AFGC Annual Meeting Is In Pennsylvania
Researchers, scientists, forage and livestock producers and agribusiness personnel will attend the June 24-26 American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) annual meeting at Penn State Conference Center and Hotel, State College, PA...
Organic Hay Demand Grows, Conference Speaker Says
As the demand for organic dairy products grows, so does the demand for organic hay, says Lou Andersen, president of S&L Commodities, Fairfield, ID...
Steffen Systems Buys Lewco Mfg.
One Oregon company that makes hay handling equipment has purchased another. Steffen Systems, Silverton, has acquired Lewco Mfg., Bend, and its The Bale Handler bale handlers and accumulators...
Alfalfa Seminar To Be Held March 6-8
An Alfalfa Intensive Training Seminar will be held March 6-8 at the Holiday Inn Select International in Bloomington, MN...
Appalachian Grazing Conference Set
Experts in livestock grazing will present graziers with ways to increase profitability at the March 9-10 Appalachian Grazing Conference, to be held at the Lakeview Resort, Morgantown, WV...
Buy What You Need And Can Afford
Machinery mismanagement is a major cause of failed farms, says Herb Hinman, extension farm management economist with Washington State University...
Disc, Sickle Mowers Both Have Pluses
If youre in the market for a mower this year, you may want to weigh the pros and cons of disc vs. sickle cutterbars...
Western States Lack Water But Not Dairies
A shortage of water continues to be a critical issue faced by Western growers, according to specialists who spoke on emerging forage issues at the Western Alfalfa and Forage Conference held last week in Reno, NV...
Native Grasses Are Best For Biofuels
Diverse mixtures of prairie plant species are the best biomass source for producing bio-based fuel to replace petroleum, a new study has revealed. Led by David Tilman, a University of Minnesota ecologist, the study shows that mixtures o...
Nebraska Alfalfa Expo Set For Feb. 6-7
The Mid-America Alfalfa Expo, hosted by the Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association (NAMA), will be held Feb. 6-7 at the Buffalo County Fairgrounds, Kearney. More than 100 companies will ...
