Leaflet Lists Alfalfa Varieties
The Alfalfa Council has re-leased its 2001-02 Fall Dor-mancy & Pest Resistance Rat-ings for Alfalfa Varieties. Alfalfa growers can use the publication,...
Two New Alfalfa Insecticides
Mustang 1.5 EW and Fury 1.5 EC insecticides from FMC Corp. recently received EPA approval for use on more than 60 new crops, including alfalfa. The active...
Terry Mergen Wins Forage Superbowl
A Bloomington, WI, dairy farmer is the new World’s Champion Forage Producer. Terry Mergen won the 2001 World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl, a forage quality...
Hay Prices Edge Upward
This year’s high hay prices continue to creep even higher. USDA reports that the nationwide average alfalfa hay price remained steady at $105/ton last...
Alfalfa Fights Colon Cancer
A chemical in genetically modified alfalfa may help prevent colon cancer, says an Iowa State University researcher. Diane Birt, director of Iowa State’s...
Winter-Graze Annual Forages
Fall-planted cool-season annual forages make economical winter feed for beef cows, say University of Missouri agronomists. They say several annual forages,...
Healthy Forages Curb Weeds
The best way to keep weeds out of pastures and forage crops is to keep the grasses and legumes healthy, says a University of Missouri weed specialist....
Healthy Forages Curb Weeds
The best way to keep weeds out of pastures and forage crops is to keep the grasses and legumes healthy, says a University of Missouri weed specialist....
Healthy Forages Curb Weeds
The best way to keep weeds out of pastures and forage crops is to keep the grasses and legumes healthy, says a University of Missouri weed specialist....
Check Silage For Proper Moisture
A simple test can help determine the ideal time to chop corn for silage, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska extension forage specialist....
Kansas Growers Battle Webworms
Kansas alfalfa growers are dealing with what may be the state’s worst-ever infestation of webworms. "People who have three to four decades of experience...
Armyworms Invade California
The California Alfalfa & Forage Association (CAFA) is working to get Section 18 approval for the use of Steward insecticide for armyworm control. According...
Alfalfa Production Looks Stable
Alfalfa growers say they’re harvesting more acres this year. But the average yield will be lower than last year’s, so production will be largely unchanged....
Spreadsheet Compares Silage Methods
A spreadsheet to help compare the long-term costs of ownership for tower silos, bunker silos and silage bags is available from the Crop Storage Institute,...
Hay Prices, Acreage Rise
The nationwide average price paid for hay hit $96.30/ton last month, USDA reports. That’s slightly higher than the prior month’s average price for all...
Wisconsin Grazing School Is Aug. 24-25
Learn the basics of management-intensive grazing in a two-day workshop at River Falls, WI. Set for Aug. 24 and 25, the workshop is sponsored by University...
Red Clover Silage Makes More Milk
Red clover doesn’t yield quite as well as alfalfa, and it dries more slowly for hay. But red clover silage may be superior to alfalfa silage as a dairy feed, and can help reduce manure nitrogen levels....
Minnesota Forage Expo Is July 17-18
The 2001 Minnesota Alfalfa And Forage Expo will be held July 17-18 at the University of Minnesota’s Rosemount Research and Outreach Center, just south...
Haying Weather Finally Arrives
Many Midwestern hay and silage producers are scrambling to finish the first alfalfa cutting – three weeks or more behind schedule. Others, lucky to get...
Wheel Traffic Cuts Yield
Wheel traffic can have a huge impact on alfalfa yield, a problem that may be exacerbated by this year’s wet weather in many states. Last year, researchers...
Insects Munch On Utah Hay
Utah hay growers are battling outbreaks of two insects this summer. High numbers of Mormon crickets and grasshoppers are moving from rangeland into hayfields, forcing many growers to apply insecticides or face major yield losses....
Grazing Schools Set For Minnesota And Wisconsin
Two Streamside Grazing Workshops will be held in southwestern Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota June 27 and 28. The first day-long school will be hosted...
Irrigated Grasses Beat Legumes
Cool-season grasses produced more beef per acre than alfalfa or cicer milkvetch in a University of Wyoming irrigated pasture study. But the researchers...
Bale Covers Cattle Can Eat
Livestock producers soon may be covering hay bales with edible, biodegradable plastic. That’s one potential application for plastic film made from corn...
New Colorado Alfalfa Days Set
The first Northern Colorado Alfalfa Days will take place June 28-29 at the Ted Carlson farm, Eaton, CO. It will include speakers, commercial exhibits...
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